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Gender pay gap and quantile regression in European families

Nicodemo, Catia - 2009

In this paper we analyze the trend of the gender gap between wives and husbands for Mediterranean countries with a strong family tradition, using data from the European Household Panel (ECHP) of 2001 and the European Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) of 2006. In general, wives and...

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Flexible outsourcing and the impacts of labour taxation in European Welfare States

Koskela, Erkki (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2008

In European Welfare States, unskilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of skilled workers is more competitive. To focus on this aspect, we analyze how flexible international outsourcing and labour taxation affect wage formation, employment and welfare in dual domestic...

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Deconstructing theories of overeducation in Europe : a wage decomposition approach

McGuinness, Séamus; Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2016

This paper uses data from the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs (ESJ) survey, a new international dataset of adult workers in 28 EU countries, to decompose the wage penalty of overeducated workers. The ESJ survey allows for integration of a rich, previously unavailable, set of factors in the...

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Are wages in Southern Europe more flexible? : The effects of cohort size on European earnings

Brunello, Giorgio (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …

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Does obesity hurt your wages more in Dublin than in Madrid? : Evidence from ECHP

D'Hombres, Beatrice (contributor); … - 2005

) productivity. -- wages ; body mass index ; Europe …

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The gender aspect of immigrants' assimilation in Europe

Lee, Tae Hoon; Peri, Giovanni; Viarengo, Martina - 2020

The labor market performance of immigrants relative to natives has been widely studied but its gender dimension has been relatively neglected. Our paper aims at revisiting labor market convergence between immigrants and natives and examining this under-studied dimension in a comprehensive study...

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Rising concentration and wage inequality

Cortes, Guido Matias; Tschopp, Jeanne - 2020

Wage inequality has risen in many countries over recent decades. At the same time, production has become increasingly concentrated in a small number of firms. In this paper, we show that these two phenomena are linked. Theoretically, we show that shocks that increase concentration will also lead...

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The gender gap in time allocation in Europe

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2020

This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on …-demographic characteristics and paid work is taken into account. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of gender gaps in Europe, helping to … focus recent debates on how to tackle inequality in Europe, and clarifying the factors that contribute to gender …

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Returns to education in the public and private sectors : Europe and Central Asia

Montenegro, Claudio M.; Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2022

The returns to schooling are estimated for 28 European and Central Asian countries using the Mincerian function. Our results show that while the public sector pays on average more than the private sector, the effect of education on earnings is stronger in the private sector. However, the returns...

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The college wage gap in 10 European countries : evidence from two cohorts

Brunello, Giorgio; Comi, Simona; Lucifora, Claudio - 2000

We study the recent evolution of the college wage gap with a unique data set that comprises two cohorts and 10 European countries from the early to mid 1980s to the mid to late 1990s. We find evidence of significant cross country differences in the level and dynamics of the gap. There is also...

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