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, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …
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This study analyses the interaction between inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap in six European countries using a unique harmonised matched employer-employee data set, the 1995 European Structure of Earnings Survey. Findings show the existence of significant inter-industry...
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US, Sweden and Denmark. It assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of activation policies in terms of bringing the …
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of different economies and welfare policy regimes: Denmark, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom. We then simulate … female labour supply, the picture changes: unconditional policies remain optimal and feasible in Denmark and the UK; instead …
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We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are … compared to Germany and, in particular, Denmark. As a consequence, immigration has a much larger effect on the unemployment … rate in Germany and Denmark, while the wage effects are larger in the UK. Moreover, the elasticity of substitution between …
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labour market institutions: Germany, the UK and Denmark. To do so we use individual level data sets for the three countries …
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penalty for male workers in six European countries (i.e. Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK). Findings show …, to 28 per cent in Denmark and Italy, to 67 per cent in the UK and to 149 per cent in Ireland. Human capital differences … explain between 31 per cent of the observed wage gap in the UK and 71 per cent in Denmark. When a larger set of control …
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We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US …
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We study the effects of liquidity constraints and start-up costs on the relationship between wealth and the fraction of entrepreneurs in an economy. We develop a dynamic occupational choice model with endogenous wealth and entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts that, with liquidity...
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Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which represent four distinct 'institutional regimes', we estimate the short …
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