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The Gender Wage Gap in Europe : Job Preferences, Gender Convergence and Distributional Effects

McGuinness, Séamus - 2017

differs across countries in Europe. Most, if not all, of the wage gap is unexplained in some countries, predominantly in … Eastern Europe, while in some central and peripheral countries, differences between the characteristics of males and females … differential in Europe is 12.2 percent and gender differences in job preferences are associated with a 1.3 percentage point …

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Spatial Segregation and Socio-Economic Mobility in European Cities

van Ham, Maarten - 2016

Income inequality is increasing in European cities and this rising inequality has a spatial footprint in cities and neighbourhoods. Poor and rich people are increasingly living separated and this can threaten the social sustainability of cities. Low income people, often with an ethnic minority...

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Determinants of Regional Differences in Rates of Overeducation in Europe

Davia Rodríguez, Maria Ángeles - 2016

research supports the findings of micro based studies which have found that overeducation is consistent with an assignment …

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Do Laws Shape Attitudes? Evidence from Same-Sex Relationship Recognition Policies in Europe

Aksoy, Cevat Giray - 2018

(SSRRPs) and attitudes toward sexual minorities in Europe. Using data from the European Social Surveys covering 2002-2016 and …

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Relative Age Effect on European Adolescents' Social Network

Fumarco, Luca - 2018

We contribute to the literature on relative age effects on pupils' (non-cognitive) skills formation by studying students' social network. We investigate data on European adolescents from the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children survey and use an instrumental variables approach to account for...

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Determinants and Dynamics of Forced Migration to Europe : Evidence from a 3-D Model of Flows and Stocks

Brück, Tilman - 2018

Violent conflict is a well-recognised driver of forced migration but literature does not usually consider the pull factors that might also cause irregular movements. In turn, the decision to leave and of where to go are rarely considered separately. This is in contrast to literature on regular...

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Educational and Skills Mismatches : Unravelling Their Effects on Wages Across Europe

Cultrera, Loredana; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2022

This paper is among the firsts to investigate the impact of overeducation and overskilling on workers' wages using a unique pan-European database covering twenty-eight countries for the year 2014, namely the CEDEFOP's European Skills and Jobs (ESJ) survey. Overall, the results suggest a wage...

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Quantity Over Quality? A European Comparison of the Changing Nature of Transitions between Non-Employment and Employment

Eichhorst, Werner - 2010

This paper explores the empirical evidence for the claim that non-employed men and women in post-industrial labour markets are more likely to make the transition into employment than has previously been the case. It concludes that whilst the unemployed and the inactive remain distinct groups...

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Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

Ozgen, Ceren - 2012

data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by …

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Demographic Divide and Labor Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2011

This paper provides a demographic outlook of the Euro-Mediterranean region and then shows the economic and fiscal consequences of such demographic differences within a two-region model with international labor mobility. International labor mobility is also examined through an externalities...

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