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Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? Revisiting the Minimum Wage Bite with Sectoral Data
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The paper explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral-level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 European countries and information from more than 1100...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990915
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Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States
Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884205
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Unravelling Secularization: An International Study
Neuman, Shoshana; Brañas-Garza, Pablo; García-Muñoz, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The current study examines individuals who were raised in a certain religion and at some stage of their life left it. Currently, they define their religious affiliation as ‘no religion’. A battery of explanatory variables (country-specific ones, personal attributes and marriage variables)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822906
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Minimum Wage Systems and Earnings Inequalities: Does Institutional Diversity Matter?
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
across Europe. The analysis covers 18 countries over the period 2007-2009. Empirical results confirm the intuition of many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010961735