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from the Current Population Survey, we show that between 1994 and 2008 the national poverty rate of immigrants fell three … times faster than that of natives (5.4 compared to 1.8 percentage points). The poverty rate of recent immigrants (those in … natives and immigrants depend on micro factors such as individual characteristics and macro factors such as business cycle in …
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from the Current Population Survey, we show that between 1994 and 2008 the national poverty rate of immigrants fell three … times faster than that of natives (5.4 compared to 1.8 percentage points). The poverty rate of recent immigrants (those in … natives and immigrants depend on micro factors such as individual characteristics and macro factors such as business cycle in …
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probabilities from it to unemployment and to other economic branches / occupations are both about half of the corresponding …. -- labour market of the public sector ; labour market transition probabilities ; unemployment duration ; Jenkins discrete time …
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, was to reduce the lack of jobs and to increase welfare. Facing persistently increasing unemployment rates from then on … handle the problem of unemployment and of the main changes in the country's laws of social contributions. Particular focus is … given to the newly established unemployment benefit II and to the reasonableness of work, which reflects a new social …
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The poor and the unemployed are politically less interested and active than persons above the poverty line and the working population. Compared to other European democracies, Germany shows above-average levels of inequality of political participation. Data from the German Socio-economic Panel...
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This study quantifies occupational segregation and wage discrimination in rural labour market of Bangladesh. Wage … gap remains unjustified and is due mainly to the concentration to the low paid work owing to job discrimination … reduce within job discrimination. Attempts to reduce poverty will not bring the desired goal unless women have free access to …
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Using data from the European Community Household Panel Survey (ECHP), the authors analyze the effects of gender wage gap on household income distribution in Spain. The empirical approach consists of three steps. First, the individual wage gap is estimated for each female worker. Second, a...
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The achievement of gender equality in the labor market is not only a desirable goal by itself, but by its effects on growth and welfare. Based on such acknowledgement, this research quantifies the effects of gender gaps in employment, participation, occupational segregation and labor income,...
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The achievement of gender equality in the labor market is not only a desirable goal by itself, but by its effects on growth and welfare. Based on such acknowledgement, this research quantifies the effects of gender gaps in employment, participation, occupational segregation and labor income,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011719110