labour market institutions: Germany, the UK and Denmark. To do so we use individual level data sets for the three countries …

, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact … - Germany and Greece. We thus find that in most countries dispersion in earnings increases with educational levels and that …

who came through the employment channel are more likely to be in full-time paid work. In Denmark, however, the status at … paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment … for their integration in the labor market. Since the focus is on the understanding of the self-employment decision, a two …

This study proposes a new approach to the analysis of non-employment and its duration in Germany, Italy and Spain using … administrative longitudinal databases. Non-employment includes the discouraged unemployed not entitled to draw unemployment benefits … estimate the magnitude and duration of non-employment, applying the survival methodology developed in recent years to deal with …

-off is not confirmed by the results. In Germany, men have experienced an increase in employment stability over time, mated … job opportunities and job stability. This paper addresses this issue using administrative longitudinal data for Germany … constant job and employment duration models show that changes in the durations of the first job and employment – measured as …

study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and … market outcomes do not benefit significantly from naturalization. Naturalization reduces the risks of unemployment and …

, and the question arises whether active labor market policies (ALMP) are an appropriate tool to do so. Promoting self-employment …

Starting in January 2003, Germany implemented the first two so-called Hartz reforms, followed by the third and fourth … market flows and reduce unemployment duration. Without attempting to evaluate the specific components of these Hartz reforms …