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Regional measures of human capital in the European Union

Dreger, Christian; Erber, Georg; Glocker, Daniela - 2009

The accumulation of the human capital stock plays a key role to explain the macroeconomic performance across regions. However, despite the strong theoretical support for this claim, empirical evidence has been not very convincing, probably because of the low quality of the data. This paper...

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The Distributional Impact of Social Transfers in the European Union: Evidence from the ECHP

Heady, Christopher; Mitrakos, Theodore; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2001

Social transfers vary enormously across the EU, as has been demonstrated in earlier research. This paper analyses the comparative effects of cash transfers on inequality and poverty, using consistent household data. The analysis shows that the distributional impact of these transfers is greater...

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Identifying Population Groups at High Risk of Social Exclusion: Evidence from the ECHP

Tsakloglou, Panos; Papadopoulos, Fotis - 2001

labour market the higher the risk of social exclusion. However, the extent to which secure and uninterrupted employment …

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The European Phillips curve: does the NAIRU exist?

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - 2003

This paper has two aims. First, it provides simple theoretical models that highlight two channels whereby monetary shocks have permanent real effects and the interactions between these channels. Second, it presents an empirical dynamic model, covering a panel of EU countries, and derives the...

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Earnings inequality in Europe: structure and patterns of inter-temporal changes

Cholezas, Ioannis; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2007

The paper provides an analysis of the level, the structure and the patterns of inter-temporal change in hourly earnings inequality in Europe. For the purposes of static inequality decomposition analysis, the data of the ECHP are employed. Considerable cross-country differences are observed...

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Unemployment in the European Union: institutions, prices, and growth

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - 2003

reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor market adjustment processes, (b) the … interplay between these adjustment processes and the dynamic structure of labor market shocks, and (c) the interaction between … growth drivers. Estimating a system of labor market equations for a panel of EU countries, we derive the dynamic unemployment …

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Unemployment in the European Union: a dynamic reappraisal

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002

-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are viewed as the outcome of the interplay between labor market shocks and prolonged …

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The impact of institutions on the employment performance in European labour markets

Buscher, Herbert S.; Dreger, Christian; Ramos, Raúl; … - 2005

This paper investigates the role of institutions for labour market performance across European countries. As … transfer system and active labour market policies. As cointegration between employment, output and factor prices is detected …

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Once poor, always poor? Do initial conditions matter? Evidence from the ECHP

Andriopoulou, Eirini; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2011

should focus primarily on education, training, development of personal skills and other labour market oriented policies. The …

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