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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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Well-being, poverty and labor income taxation : theory and application to Europe and the U.S.

Maniquet, François; Neumann, Dirk - 2016

In a model in which agents differ in wages and preferences over labor time-consumption bundles, we study labor income tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place between agents on both sides of the poverty line...

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Deconstructing theories of overeducation in Europe : a wage decomposition approach

McGuinness, Séamus; Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2016

workers in 28 EU countries, to decompose the wage penalty of overeducated workers. The ESJ survey allows for integration of a …

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Labor market reforms in Europe : towards more flexicure labor markets?

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Wehner, Caroline - 2016

Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in important areas, including macro‐economic efficiency, workers' wellbeing and repercussions for social cohesion. European countries have started a new wave of labor market reforms...

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How stable is labour market dualism? : reforms of employment protection in nine European countries

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2019

Labour market segmentation currently is at the forefront of national and European policy debates. While the European Commission and the OECD try to promote what they see as more inclusive policies, academic observers remain skeptical. Particularly the dualisation literature points to stable...

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Why so slow? : the school-to-work transition in Italy

Pastore, Francesco - 2017

This essay provides a comprehensive interpretative framework to understand the reasons why the school-to-work transition (SWT) is so slow and hard in Italy. The country is a typical example of the South European SWT regime, where the educational system is typically rigid and sequential, the...

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The rise of the free movements : how posting shapes a hybrid single European labour market

Mussche, Ninke; Corluy, Vincent; Marx, Ive - 2016

Intra‐EU mobility has been the subject of debate from its very inception. Some scholars argue that intra‐EU labour … migration improves the allocation of human capital in the EU and contend that the level of permanent‐type labour mobility is … with high levels of short term service mobility. Service mobility/posting is as much a phenomenon of intra‐EU15 mobility …

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Is the gender pay gap in the US just the result of gender segregation at work?

Meara, Katie; Pastore, Francesco; Webster, Allan D. - 2017

This study examines the gender wage gap between male and female workers in the US using a cross-section from the Current Population Survey (CPS) It shows that the extent of gender segregation by both industry and occupation is significantly greater than previously supposed. For the wage gap this...

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How useful is the concept of skills mismatch?

McGuinness, Séamus; Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Redmond, Paul - 2017

incidence of various combinations of skills mismatch across the EU. Finally, we review the European Commission's country …

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The European youth guarantee : labor market context, conditions and opportunities in Italy

Pastore, Francesco - 2015

This essay aims to discuss the conditions for a successful implementation of the European Youth Guarantee in Italy. In principle, the program should be able to affect the frictional and mismatch components of unemployment, if not the Keynesian and neoclassical ones, as also the experience of...

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