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On the economics and politics of refugee migration

Dustmann, Christian; Fasani, Francesco; Frattini, Tommaso; … - 2016

numerous attempts at developing a common European asylum policy, EU countries continue to differ widely in interpretation and … movements, illegal border crossings, and asylum applications to EU member states. We next turn to the economics of refugee …, we illustrate the economic integration of past refugee migrants to EU countries and conclude with several policy …

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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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Educational and skills mismatches : unravelling their effects on wages across Europe

Cultrera, Loredana; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2022

This paper is among the firsts to investigate the impact of overeducation and overskilling on workers' wages using a unique pan-European database covering twenty-eight countries for the year 2014, namely the CEDEFOP's European Skills and Jobs (ESJ) survey. Overall, the results suggest a wage...

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The over-education wage penalty among PhD holders : a European perspective

Rycx, François; Santosuosso, Giulia; Vermeylen, Guillaume - 2022

holders in Europe (i.e. in EU Member States and the UK), but also by estimating their wage penalty relative to what they could …

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Sharp teeth or empty mouths? : revisiting the minimum wage bite with sectoral data

Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2013

The paper explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral-level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 European countries and information from more than 1100...

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Lift the ban? : initial employment restrictions and refugee labour market outcomes

Fasani, Francesco; Frattini, Tommaso; Minale, Luigi - 2020

This article investigates the medium to long-term effects on refugee labour market outcomes of the temporary employment bans being imposed in many countries on recently arrived asylum seekers. Using a newly collected dataset covering almost 30 years of employment restrictions together with...

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(The struggle for) refugee integration into the labour market : evidence from Europe

Fasani, Francesco; Frattini, Tommaso; Minale, Luigi - 2018

several EU countries and over time. In the first part, we document that labour market outcomes for refugees are consistently …

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The unemployment impact of product and labour market regulation : evidence from European countries

Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - 2018

This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using data for 24 European countries over the period 1998-2013. Controlling for country-fixed effects, endogeneity and a large set of covariates, results show that product market...

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Overeducation, overskilling and job satisfaction in Europe : the moderating role of employment contracts

Giuliano, Romina; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2024

This paper is the first to examine whether and how overeducation and overskilling, considered separately and in interaction, influence workers' job satisfaction at European level. It also investigates the moderating role of employment contracts. Our results, based on a unique pan-European...

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Being on the frontline? : immigrant workers in Europe and the COVID-19 pandemic

Fasani, Francesco; Mazza, Jacopo - 2020

after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We estimate that, within industries and occupations, Extra-EU migrants and … exposed men. According to our estimates, more than 9 million immigrants in the EU14+UK area are exposed to a high risk of …

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