?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 …

non-standard work. In Germany (and to a lesser extent Austria), marginal part-time provides a fertile ground for low …-paid service jobs, as non-wage labour costs are minimised. In France, fixed-term contracts are a flexible and also cheaper …

, GSOEP for Germany, OSA for the Netherlands and HUS for Sweden.The reason for analysing and comparing four countries is an … the other three countries. In Germany, fixed-termworkers are conspicuously badly paid compared to fixed-term workers in … the other three countries. Furthermorewe find part-time workers relatively better paid in Sweden and the Netherlands than …

three labour types and estimate reduced form wage equations for The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Norway. We find very …

This paper focuses on the differences in earnings and labor force status of low-skilled prime age men in France, the … called the not-in-labor force rate) among low-skilled men exceeds the percentage of the unemployed, whereas in France the … opposite is true. This leaves the overall joblessness rate among the low-skilled in France similar to that in the US, and that …