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Primum vivere ... : industrial change, job destruction and the geographical distribution of unemployment

Pastore, Francesco - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-15

This paper aims to provide a frame of mind to understand the link between structural change and regional unemployment, and, based on it, to survey the most recent literature. An overly optimistic view on the ability of the adjustment mechanism to generate convergence in local unemployment rates...

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Getting ahead, falling behind and standing still : income mobility in Chile

Castro, Rodrigo - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 243-258

This paper analyses household income mobility in Chile between 1996 and 2001. Compared to industrialized and most developing countries, mobility has been quite high. The purpose of this paper is to apply a binomial probit model and split analysis into assessment of individuals and households on...

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Intergenerational income and educational mobility in urban Chile

Núñez, Javier; Miranda, Leslie - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 195-221

This paper provides evidence on the degree and patterns of intergenerational income and educational mobility in urban Chile. We find intergenerational income elasticities for Greater Santiago in Chile in the range of 0.52 to 0.54. This is lower than recent nation-wide elasticities for Chile of...

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Top Incomes in Chile using 50 years of household surveys : 1957 - 2007

Sanhueza, Claudia; Mayer, Ricardo - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 169-193

Using household surveys that cover more than 50 years of the political and economic history of Chile, we investigate changes in the shape of the distribution of income in Chile, and in the composition of top 10% and top 1% incomes. In line with international evidence, top incomes concentration...

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Regional earning disparities and the speed of transition : evidence from Poland 1994-1997

Burke, Fiona; Walsh, Patrick Paul - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-19

In the early days of transition Poland hosted regional earning disparities. Low levels of worker and firm mobility … speed of transition examining employment restructuring in labor demand. The local shortterm unemployment (excessive layoffs … disparities across regions. -- earnings ; speed of transition and Polish regions …

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Industrial decline and labor reallocation in a transforming economy : Romania in early transition

Earle, John S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-18

Industrial decline and restructuring in the transition economies presents a prime example of the relationship between …

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Another economic miracle? : the German labor market and the great recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-21

Germany’s labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the strong economic position due to recent labor market reforms, the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies, the extension of short-time work, time buffers due to...

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Subjective well-being and selected economic, demographic, and job factors in OECD countries

Marilou, Ioakimidis; Kiohos, Apostolos - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 3, pp. 71-81

This study compared 10 economic, demographic, and job factors between happier and less happy OECD countries based upon scores of subjective well-being (SWB), a concept commonly meaning happiness or life satisfaction. In 2009, the scores of residents in the happier OE CD countries were...

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Frauen tragen immer mehr zum gemeinsamen Verdienst in Partnerschaften bei

Holst, Elke; Kröger, Lea - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 12, pp. 10-13

Frauen in Partnerschaften sind in Deutschland immer häufiger berufstätig. Ihr Beitrag zum gemeinsamen Verdienst lag im Jahr 2011 bei 30 Prozent, was einem Zuwachs von drei Prozentpunkten gegenüber dem Jahr 2000 entspricht. Dies zeigen aktuelle Berechnungen des DIW Berlin auf Grundlage von...

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Wage and occupational assimilation by skill level : migration policy lessons from Spain

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

Spain and Ireland might seem at first to feature very different labour markets, which go from very tight to very flexible labour conditions. Our analysis, however, goes beyond this simplistic argument and brings to light some important similarities. For this purpose, we estimate a dynamic...

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