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Do reservation wages really decline? : Some international evidence on the determinants of reservation wages

Addison, John T. (contributor); Centeno, Mário (contributor) - 2008

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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Exploring international differences in rates of return to education : evidence from EU SILC

Davia Rodríguez, María Angeles; McGuinness, Séamus; … - 2009

This paper uses EU-SILC data from 2005 and 2006 to explore the hypothesis that international differences in rates of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003880411

Job mismatches and labour market outcomes

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Leary, Nigel - 2009

Interpretation of the phenomenon of graduate overeducation remains problematical. In an attempt to resolve at least some of the issues this paper makes use of the panel element of the HILDA survey, distinguishing between four possible combinations of education/skills mismatch. For men we find a...

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EU enlargement and migration : assessing the macroeocnomic impacts

Barrell, Ray (contributor); FitzGerald, John D. (contributor) - 2007

This paper considers the macroeconomic effects of the migration that followed the enlargement of the EU in May 2004. At … that time the EU was expanded to include 10 New Member States (NMS) predominantly from Central and Eastern Europe. In the … wake of accession the number of workers migrating to the EU-15 from the poorest of the NMS increased significantly. In part …

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Airline emissions of carbon dioxide in the European trading system

FitzGerald, John D. (contributor); … - 2007

A simulation model of international tourist flows is used to estimate the impact of including carbon dioxide emissions from aviation fuels in the European Trading System. The effect on global carbon dioxide emissions from international aviation is minimal: -0.01% at current permit prices, and...

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The reservation wage unemployment duration nexus

Addison, John T.; Machado, José A. F.; Portugal, Pedro - 2010

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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Job mismatches and labour market outcomes : panel evidence on australian university graduates

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Leary, Nigel - 2010

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008779138

To convergence and beyond? : human capital, economic adjustment and a return to growth

FitzGerald, John D. - 2012

This paper considers the impact on growth and convergence in the EU over the last 20 years of investment in human …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009410323

Determinants of regional differences in rates of overeducation in Europe

Davia Rodríguez, María Angeles; McGuinness, Séamus; … - 2016

has been implemented on a sample of region-yearly data drawn from the EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU …

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Minimum wage systems and earnings inequalities : does institutional diversity matter?

Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2014

This paper explores how the diversity of minimum wage systems affects earnings inequalities within European countries. It relies on the combination of (a) harmonized micro-data from household surveys, (b) data on national statutory minimum wages and coverage rates, and (c) hand-collected...

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