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The Lifetime Earnings Premium in the Public Sector : The View from Europe

Dickson, Matthew - 2014

period 1994-2001 for Germany, the Netherlands, France, Italy and Spain. We look at lifetime values instead of wage levels … knowledge the first to use this dynamic approach applied to Europe, which we are able to do with a common dataset, time …

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Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe

Hospido, Laura - 2014

Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular we test whether women's (men's) transitions out of the labor force are …

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Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States

Jauer, Julia - 2014

new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … in Europe.Indeed, in contrast to the pre-crisis situation and the findings of previous empirical studies, there is … tentative evidence that the migration response to the crisis has been considerable in Europe, in contrast to the United States …

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Labour Market Dynamics and Worker Heterogeneity during the Great Recession : Evidence from Europe

Bachmann, Ronald - 2015

crisis on transitions between labour market states in Europe. Our analysis focuses on individual heterogeneity, on the type …

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Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties : European Versus American Cities

Picard, Pierre M. - 2015

We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and their social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition some individuals reside close to the job center while others live far away from it. Even though the two...

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Peer Effects on Obesity in a Sample of European Children

Gwozdz, Wencke - 2015

This study analyzes peer effects on childhood obesity using data from the first two waves of the IDEFICS study, which applies several anthropometric and other measures of fatness to approximately 14,000 children aged two to nine participating in both waves in 16 regions of eight European...

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Well-Being, Poverty and Labor Income Taxation : Theory and Application to Europe and the U.S

Maniquet, Francois - 2016

In a model in which agents differ in wages and preferences over labor time-consumption bundles, we study labor income tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place between agents on both sides of the poverty line...

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Happy Hosts? International Tourist Arrivals and Residents' Subjective Well-Being in Europe

Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2016

While there has been a growing interest in the relationship between perceived tourism impacts and residents' quality of life, little is known about how residents' well-being is affected by actual tourist arrivals. This paper studies the effect of international tourist arrivals on the subjective...

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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...

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Immigration and Crime : New Empirical Evidence from European Victimization Data

Nunziata, L. - 2014

We exploit the increase in immigration flows into western European countries that took place in the 2000s to assess whether immigration affects crime victimization and the perception of criminality among European natives. Using data from the European Social Survey, the Labour Force Survey and...

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