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The Unequal Incidence of Non-Standard Employment Across Occupational Groups : An Empirical Analysis of Post-Industrial Labour Markets in Germany and Europe
Marx, Paul - 2011
The paper addresses an often neglected question in labour market research: to which extent do outcomes aggregated on the national level disguise occupational diversity in employment conditions? In particular, how and why do occupational groups differ with regard to the incidence of non-standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129099
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The Impact of the Crisis on Employment and the Role of Labour Market Institutions
Eichhorst, Werner - 2010
The paper takes a comparative perspective on the labour market impact on G20 and EU countries of the financial and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135827
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Sizing it Up : Labor Migration Lessons of the EU Enlargement to 27
Constant, Amelie F. - 2011
While economists were pointing out the advantages of the EU enlargement, politicians and policymakers were raising … grave concerns about the significant political and economic differences between the newcomer states (EU12) and the "old … Europe" of EU15. The major point of apprehension was related to the labor markets. Visceral fear rendered more than one in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118036
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An Expert Stakeholder's View on European Integration Challenges
Constant, Amelie F. - 2014
The standard approach of analyzing gaps in social and labor market outcomes of different ethnic groups relies on analysis of statistical data about the affected groups. In this paper we go beyond this approach by measuring the views of expert stakeholders involved in minority integration. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068832
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Brainy Africans to Fortress Europe : For Money or Colonial Vestiges?
Constant, Amelie F. - 2009
Economic reasons along with cultural affinities and the existence of networks have been the main determinants explaining migration flows between home and host countries. This paper reconsiders these approaches combined with the gravity model and empirically tests the hypothesis that ex-colonial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153298
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How Stable is Labour Market Dualism? Reforms of Employment Protection in Nine European Countries
Eichhorst, Werner - 2019
Labour market segmentation currently is at the forefront of national and European policy debates. While the European Commission and the OECD try to promote what they see as more inclusive policies, academic observers remain skeptical. Particularly the dualisation literature points to stable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870171
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Labor Market Reforms in Europe : Towards More Flexicure Labor Markets?
Eichhorst, Werner - 2016
Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in important areas, including macro‐economic efficiency, workers' wellbeing and repercussions for social cohesion. European countries have started a new wave of labor market reforms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994446
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Minimum Income Support Systems as Elements of Crisis Resilience in Europe
Eichhorst, Werner; Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle; Marx, Paul; … - 2023
This paper studies the role of social policies in different European welfare states regarding minimum income protection and active inclusion. The core focus lies on crisis resilience, i.e. the capacity of social policy arrangements to contain poverty and inequality and avoid exclusion before,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014358099
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Micro and Macro Determinants of Health : Older Immigrants in Europe
Constant, Amelie F. - 2015
We study the health determinants of immigrant men and women over the age of fifty, in Europe, and compare them to natives. We utilize the unique Survey of Health Aging and Retirement (SHARE) and augmented it with macroeconomic information on the 22 home countries and 16 host countries. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030713
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Crisis, What Crisis? Patterns of Adaptation in European Labor Markets
Eichhorst, Werner - 2010
The current crisis, while of a global nature, has affected national labor markets to a varying extent. While some countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141223