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Using cross-country data, we investigate the determinants of reservation wages and their course over the jobless spell. Higher unemployment benefits lead to higher reservation wages. Further, again consistent with the basic search model, repeated observations on the same individual provide scant...
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/Canada, the UK, and other EU countries. On average, the brainy Italians exhibit a higher predicted probability to go to the US …, having extra working experience from outside Italy predicts migration to other EU countries. Those who stay abroad …
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This paper uses ECHP and OECD data for 14 EU countries to explore the role of labour market factors in explaining cross …
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This paper analyses the dynamic structure of individual earnings across 14 EU countries over the period 1994-2001 using … relevant in the context of the changes that took place in the EU labour market policy framework after 1995 under the incidence …
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Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of earnings over time? This … question is answered by exploring short and long-term wage mobility for males across 14 EU countries between 1994 and 2001 …
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A thorny problem in identifying the determinants of reservation wages and particularly the role of continued joblessness in their evolution is the simultaneity issue. We deploy a natural control function approach to the problem that involves conditioning elapsed duration on completed...
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The interpretation of graduate mismatch manifested either as overeducation or as overskilling remains problematical. This paper uses annual panel information on both educational and skills mismatches uniquely found in the HILDA survey to analyse the relationship of both mismatches with pay, job...
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Economic reasons along with cultural affinities and the existence of networks have been the main determinants explaining migration flows between home and host countries. This paper reconsiders these approaches combined with the gravity model and empirically tests the hypothesis that ex-colonial...
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Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of lifetime earnings? To … and how does it differ across the EU? Our basic assumption is that mobility measured over a horizon of 8 years is a good … Shorrocks index, but the overall conclusions are not altered. Based on the Shorrocks (1978) index men across EU have an …
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The standard approach of analyzing gaps in social and labor market outcomes of different ethnic groups relies on analysis of statistical data about the affected groups. In this paper we go beyond this approach by measuring the views of expert stakeholders involved in minority integration. This...
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