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How fast do wages adjust to human-capital productivity? : dynamic panel-data evidence from Belgium, Denmark and Finland
Andini, Corrado - 2009
assumption is rejected by the ECHP data for Belgium, Denmark and Finland. The empirical evidence supports a dynamic approach to … dynamic panel-data wage equation and provide measures of the speed of adjustment in Belgium, Denmark and Finland. Further, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003920226
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Capital accumulation and unemployment : new insights on the Nordic experience
Karanassou, Marika (contributor); Sala, Hector (contributor) - 2007
derive from the temporary (albeit prolonged) negative shocks to capital stock growth in Denmark and Sweden, and the permanent … downturn of capital stock growth in Finland. We are thus able to explain why the crisis of the early 1990s had a more acute … impact in Finland than in its twin economy, Sweden. -- Unemployment dynamics ; chain reaction theory ; capital accumulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608449
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Marital sorting, household labor supply, and intergenerational earnings mobility across countries
Raaum, Oddbjørn (contributor) - 2007
We present comparable evidence on intergenerational earnings mobility for Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK and the US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561612
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Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States
Björklund, Anders; Eriksson, Tor; Jäntti, Markus; … - 2000
between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) on the other. Our base …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335242
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Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000
- the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325999
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Voluntary public unemployment insurance
Parsons, Donald O.; Tranæs, Torben; Lilleør, Helene Bie - 2015
Denmark has drawn much attention for its active labor market policies, but is almost unique in offering a voluntary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470404
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Child care and parental leave in the Nordic countries : a model to aspire to?
Gupta, Nabanita Datta (contributor); Smith, Nina (contributor) - 2006
The Nordic countries have remarkably high participation rates of mothers and a moderate decrease of fertility rates compared to other western countries. This has been attributed to the fact that the welfare state model and, especially, the family friendly policies chosen in the Nordic countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003292056
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Ethnic minority youths in the labour markets in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
Niknami, Susan; Schröder, Lena; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2019
This paper uses administrative data to in detail document how the share of youths not in employment, education or training has evolved over time in the Scandinavian countries. We study both first- and second-generation immigrant youths as well as natives to explore whether the pattern differ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998496
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Generalized selection bias and the decomposition of wage differentials
Yun, Myeong-Su - 1999
The major contribution of this paper is ending a new and flexible way to measure the effects of selection on log-wages. In this context, we offer a general approach to performing decomposition analysis when selection effects are present. We call the difference between unconditional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313942
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Nonlinearities and workers' heterogeneity in unemployment dynamics
Adjemian, Stéphane; Karamé, Frédéric; Langot, François - 2021
This study demonstrates that nonlinearities, coupled with worker heterogeneity, make it possible to reconcile the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides model with the labor market dynamics observed in the United States. Nonlinearities, induced by firings and downward real wage rigidities, magnify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697332