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Short-run distributional effects of public education transfers to tertiary education students in seven European countries
Callan, Tim (contributor); Smeeding, Timothy M. (contributor) - 2008
provide comparable results for seven European countries (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726795
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Wage differentials across sectors in Europe : an east-west comparison
Magda, Iga; Rycx, François; Tojerow, Ilan; Valsamis, … - 2008
countries (namely Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain compared with Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech … countries. It is relatively small in Norway and Belgium, large in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Poland and the Czech Republic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777922
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Country-specific goal-scoring in the "dying seconds" of international football matches
Ours, Jan C. van; Tuijl, Martin A. van - 2010
national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European … Cup. We find that the national teams of Germany, England and the Netherlands are more likely than the three other national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969605
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Whatever works : dualisation and the service economy in Bismarckian welfare states
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2010
can be seen from high shares of self-employed and part-timers, as well as temporary workers. Finally, Belgium has large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985730
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Tax evasion, welfare fraud, and "the broken windows" effect : an experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands
Lefebvre, Mathieu; Pestieau, Pierre; Riedl, Arno; … - 2011
In a series of experiments conducted in Belgium (Wallonia and Flanders), France and the Netherlands, we compare … examples of high compliance exert no influence; (iv) tax evasion is more frequent in France and the Netherlands; Walloons evade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235592
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Does employment protection reduce the demand for unskilled labor?
Daniel, Kirsten (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
using annual distributions of recruits' characteristics from a 1975-95 panel of plants in Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002265112
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Specialisation patterns and the synchronicity of regional employment cycles in Europe
Belke, Ansgar (contributor); Heine, Jens M. (contributor) - 2004
This paper examines the degree of correlation of EU regional employment cycles and attempts to show whether these cycles reflect changing patterns of specialisation. By focusing on the regional level and by employing three different indicators of similarity of sectoral structure, it improves on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002529920
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The effect of macroeconomic uncertainty on household spending
Coibion, Olivier; Georgarakos, Dimitris; Gorodnichenko, … - 2021
Using a new survey of European households, we study how exogenous variation in the macroeconomic uncertainty perceived by households affects their spending decisions. We use randomized information treatments that provide different types of information about the first and/or second moments of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012491975
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Does offshoring shape labor market imperfections? : a comparative analysis of Belgian and Dutch firms
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Fuss, Catherine; Vancauteren, Mark - 2023
level in Belgium and the Netherlands. Wage-markup pricing stemming from workers' monopoly power is more prevalent than wage … measured by workers' bargaining power in Belgium. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013547721
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Wage structure effects of international trade : evidence from a small open economy
Du Caju, Philip; Rycx, François; Tojerow, Ilan - 2011
In the last decades, international trade has increased between industrialised countries and between high- and low-wage countries. This important change has raised questions on how international trade affects the labour market. In this spirit, this paper aims to investigate the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235159