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Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014

We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year …-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational … outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …

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Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries

Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro Silva - 2002

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Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries

Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro Silva - 2000

We address the impact of education upon wage inequality by drawing on evidence from fifteen European countries, during a period ranging between 1980 and 1995. We focus on within-educational-levels wage inequality by estimating quantile regressions of Mincer equations and analysing the...

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Health and disability insurance

Börsch-Supan, Axel - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 44 (2011) 4, pp. 349-362

Disability insurance - the insurance against the loss of the ability to work - is a substantial part of social security expenditures in many countries. The benefit recipiency rates in disability insurance vary strikingly across European countries and the US. This paper investigates the extent...

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Controlling von Arbeitsverwaltungen im internationalen Vergleich

Schütz, Holger - 2003

Beschäftigungsdiensten von Dänemark, Frankreich, Großbritannien, Niederlanden, Österreich, Schweden und der Schweiz vor, um vor diesem … Hintergrund die aktuellen Reformbemühungen in Deutschland einzuschätzen. Controllingsysteme bleiben notwendig störanfällig und …

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Zeitarbeit in europäischen Ländern: Lehren für Deutschland?

Vanselow, Achim; Weinkopf, Claudia - 2009

Die Porträts der Zeitarbeit in Frankreich, Niederlande, Großbritannien, Dänemark. Schweden, Schweiz und Österreich … Einsätzen in Hochlohnbranchen. In der Schweiz soll der 2008 abgeschlossene Branchen-Tarifvertrag für allgemeinverbindlich …

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Contingent convergence: a comparative analysis of activation policies

Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2008

The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...

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Neue Selbstständigkeit und wachsender Grenzbereich zwischen selbstständiger und abhängiger Erwerbsarbeit: Europäische Trends vor dem Hintergrund sozialpolitischer und arbeitsrechtl...

Schulze Buschoff, Karin - 2004

Ländern Deutschland, Großbritannien, Niederlande, Italien und Schweden: Arbeitsrechtliche Bestimmungen beziehen sich bislang …

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Is mothers' employment an effective means to fight family poverty? Empirical evidence from seven European countries

Büchel, Felix; Mertens, Antje; Orsini, Kristian - 2003

Using data from the mid-1990s from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), we analyze for several household types the effect of mothers' work participation on families' relative income position and poverty risk. Results are compared across seven European countries with contrasting family policies:...

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Gender, household and individual income in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the USA and the UK

Rake, Katherine; Daly, Mary - 2002

This paper examines gender differentials in the resources of households and individuals across seven welfare states. In its first part, it asks whether female-headed households can secure a living income without recourse to either the state or the income of a male partner. It then steps inside...

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