bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection and unemployment benefits affect the way in which wages respond to labor supply … compared to Germany and, in particular, Denmark. As a consequence, immigration has a much larger effect on the unemployment …We investigate the labor market effects of immigration in Denmark, Germany and the UK, three countries which are …

The aim of this paper is to analyze and estimate salient characteristics of unemployment dynamics. Movements in … unemployment are viewed as "chain reactions" of responses to labor market shocks, working their way through systems of interacting … lagged adjustment processes. In the context of estimated labor market systems for Germany, the UK, and the US, we construct …

This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the …-born workers? assessment of the number of immigrants in the local market. By doing so, the association between unemployment of … immigrants and unemployment among native-born workers. …

Using nationally representative, longitudinal data from the first 14 waves of the British Household Panel Survey we … for job-related reasons. There is, however, no evidence that moving across regions increases the probability of employment … for males and females; in fact, some female movers experience a long-run employment penalty. …

We study the effect of obesity on wages and employment, using data from the British NCDS. The results show a …

anecdotal evidence, we found little hard evidence that the inflow of accession migrants contributed to a fall in wages or a rise … migrants' self-selection - may have been affected. Our results suggest modest effects throughout the labour market. Despite … in claimant unemployment in the UK between 2004 and 2006. …

There is an apparent inconsistency in the existing literature on graduate employment in the UK. While analyses of rates … supply of graduates, the literature on over-education suggests that many graduates are unable to find employment in graduate … that the employment of graduates in non-graduate jobs has declined over time. Hence, there is no evidence of an over …

on educational achievements. In particular, based on recent PISA data sets from the UK and Germany, we investigate … suggest that the educational gap between natives and migrants is mainly due to the 'endowment effect' provided by the … socioeconomic background of parents and cultural capital at home. Some adverse 'integration effects' do exist for female migrants in …

Using data on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS …