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Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Investigation of Graduate Regional Mobility in the UK and its Impact Upon Early Career Earnings

Kidd, Michael P. - 2014

This paper uses HESA data from the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey 2003/04 to examine whether more mobile students in terms of choice of institution and location of employment earn more than those who are less mobile. The clear finding is that mobility is associated with...

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Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the US : Between Equity and Efficiency

Bargain, Olivier - 2011

Whether observed differences in redistributive policies across countries are the result of differences in social preferences or efficiency constraints is an important question that paves the debate about the optimality of welfare regimes. To shed new light on this question, we estimate labor...

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Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences : Evidence for Europe and the US

Bargain, Olivier - 2011

Following the report of the Stiglitz Commission, measuring and comparing well-being across countries has gained renewed interest. Yet, analyses that go beyond income and incorporate non-market dimensions of welfare most often rely on the assumption of identical preferences to avoid the...

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The Problem of Overskilling in Australia and Britain

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Leary, Nigel C. - 2021

This paper examines the parallel trends in education and labour market developments in Australia and Britain. It uses … at least for Australia, but the wage penalty associated with overskilling increases with education. Although the general … patterns of overskilling (prevalence and penalties) are fairly similar between Australia and Britain, the problem appears to be …

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The Distribution of Top Incomes in Five Anglo-Saxon Countries Over the Twentieth Century

Atkinson, Anthony B. - 2010

that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …

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Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes : Panel Evidence on Australian University Graduates

Mavromaras, Kostas G. - 2010

The interpretation of graduate mismatch manifested either as overeducation or as overskilling remains problematical. This paper uses annual panel information on both educational and skills mismatches uniquely found in the HILDA survey to analyse the relationship of both mismatches with pay, job...

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The Effects of the Recent Economic Crisis on Social Protection and Labour Market Arrangements Across Socio-Economic Groups

Basso, Gaetano - 2011

The Great Recession did not only affect European countries to a varying extent, its impact on national labour markets and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum...

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Fiscal Union in Europe? Redistributive and Stabilising Effects of an EU Tax-Benefit System

Bargain, Olivier - 2012

The current debt crisis has given rise to a debate about deeper fiscal integration in Europe. The view is widespread that moving towards a 'fiscal union' would have a stabilising effect in the event of macroeconomic shocks. In this paper we study the economic effects of introducing two elements...

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Comparing Inequality Aversion Across Countries When Labor Supply Responses Differ

Bargain, Olivier - 2013

We analyze to which extent social inequality aversion differs across nations when controlling for actual country differences in labor supply responses. Towards this aim, we estimate labor supply elasticities at both extensive and intensive margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same...

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Automatic Stabilizers and Economic Crisis : US Vs. Europe

Dolls, Mathias - 2009

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an automatic stabilizer in the current economic crisis. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38 per cent of a proportional income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the...

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