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Short-run distributional effects of public education transfers to tertiary education students in seven European countries
Callan, Tim; Smeeding, Tim; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2008
provide comparable results for seven European countries (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268713
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Immigrants and Unemployment in the European Community: From the Eyes of Natives
Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 1999
This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the European Union. Earlier papers measure the presence of immigrants in the local labor market by computing the share of the foreigners in specific regions. This paper, instead, utilizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277289
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Productivity, welfare and reallocation: theory and firm-level evidence
Basu, Susanto; Pascali, Luigi; Schiantarelli, Fabio; … - 2009
contributions to welfare for a set of European OECD countries (Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain), using industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269431
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The distributional impact of in kind public benefits in European countries
Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2009
International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not be valid if the size and incidence of publicly-provided in kind benefits differ across the countries considered. The benefits that are financed by taxation in one country may need to be purchased out of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269523
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Where do the brainy Italians go?
Constant, Amelie F.; D'Agosto, Elena - 2008
researchers who have at least a bachelor's from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US …. Ceteris paribus, both push and pull factors are important. While having a Ph.D. from outside Italy predicts the UK choice …, having extra working experience from outside Italy predicts migration to other EU countries. Those who stay abroad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268850
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Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro Silva - 2000
?the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality – Austria, Finland, France …, 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262344
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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries
Dang, Thai-Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006
This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267998
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Entrepreneurship, wealth, liquidity constraints and start-up costs
Fonseca, Raquel; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Sopraseuth, Thepthida - 2007
marginal value of being an entrepreneur as a function of wealth. Countries with high start-up costs such as Italy, Spain and … France have flatter wealth gradients. …
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On the role of sectoral and national components in the wage bargaining process
Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2010
process. The common component is highly relevant especially in continental Europe, and is more visible for manufacturing than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269817
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Work hours constraints and health
Bell, David; Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2011
Germany and the United Kingdom. Based on nationally representative longitudinal data, our results show that work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282274