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Wage divergence and unemployment : the impact of insider power and training costs
Muysken, Joan - 2000
general equilibrium model, this paper shows that skilled insiders in the USA enjoy higher rents and increase the skilled wage … outsiders in the USA do not possess a powerful credible threat to improve their position. This is a consequence from higher … training and education costs in the USA for unskilled employees and unemployed. In Germany, the lower skill wage mark-up leads …
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"Welfare magnetism" in the EU-15? : why the EU enlargement did not start a race to the bottom of welfare states
Skupnik, Christoph - 2013
According to the "welfare magnet" hypothesis, migrants with a high likelihood of claiming benefits cluster in the most … generous welfare systems. After the introduction of the freedom of movement for Eastern European workers, EU-15 countries can … thus be expected to reduce public benefits in order to avoid becoming "welfare magnets". However, OECD data on benefits do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764577
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Employment of mothers after childbirth : a French German comparison
Weber, Andrea Maria; Lauer, Charlotte - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428582
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Intergenerational mobility of education in Europe : geographical patterns, cohort-linked measures, and the innovation nexus
McNamara, Sarah; Neidhöfer, Guido; Lehnert, Patrick - 2024 - This version: January 16, 2024
We estimate intergenerational mobility of education for people born 1940-1999 at the subnational level for 40 European countries. The result is a panel of mobility indices for 105 mesoregions (NUTS1), and 215 microregions (NUTS2). We use these indices to make three contributions. First, we...
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Returns to education across Europe : a comparative analysis for selected EU countries
Glocker, Daniela; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
Incentives to invest in higher education are affected by both the direct wage effect of human capital investments and the indirect wage effect resulting from lower unemployment risks and shorter spells in unemployment associated with higher educated. We analyse the returns to education in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302705
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Comparing the part-time wage gap in Germany and the Netherlands
Wolf, Elke - 2001
In this paper, I contrast the quality of part-time jobs - in terms of hourly wage rates - with those of full-timers. Using the Netherlands as a benchmark, helps to assess the size and seriousness of the estimated wage differentials in Germany. Based on two comparable household surveys, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001567890
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Training and individual performance in Europe: evidence from microeconometric studies
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the determinants and impacts of training in Europe. Training has non negligible positive effects for firms...
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Non-tariff barriers and consumer prices: evidence from Brexit
Bakker, Jan David; Datta, Nikhil; Davies, Richard; De … - 2022
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Ethnic retention and host culture adoption among Turkish immigrants in Germany, France and the Netherlands : a controlled comparison
Ersanilli, Evelyn; Koopmans, Ruud - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009526487