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Gender discrimination and institutional frameworks : evidence from four european union countries
Drakopoulos, S. A.; Theodossiou, I.; Drakopoulou Dodd, Sarah - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 1 (2008) 1, pp. 6-36
This paper reviews important aspects of gender labour market inequalities in four European Union countries. It shows that individual countries differ in many aspects of gender discrimination. It seems that contributing factors to these differences are the national social and economic structures,...
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Arbeitslosigkeit in Europa : Jugendliche sind viel stärker betroffen als Erwachsene
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 30, pp. 3-12
hängt das - neben anderen Faktoren - mit einer unzureichenden Qualifikation der Jugendlichen zusammen. Denn auch wenn eine … bessere Arbeitsmarktchancen zu verschaffen. Am offensten ist der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland. Hier kann die relativ wenig über …. Practical vocational training is obviously a potential tool for creating better job prospects for young Germany, the fact that …
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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 changes in aggregate economic indicators and underlying microeconomic adjustments. This paper employs matched labor force survey data to focus on the magnitude and determinants...
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Active labour market policies in a recession
Andersen, Torben M.; Svarer, Michael - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
A major labour market challenge following the Great Recession is to avoid an increase in long-term unemployment and thus the structural unemployment rate. Active labour market policies may play an important role in this respect. We consider these issues with outset in Denmark which is a country...
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Jugendarbeitslosigkeit sinkt deutlich : regionale Unterschiede verstärken sich
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 19, pp. 3-13
Die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland sinkt auf den tiefsten Stand seit der Wiedervereinigung. Zwischen 2005 und … 2012 hat sich die Zahl der Erwerbslosen unter 25 Jahren mehr als halbiert. Im internationalen Vergleich steht Deutschland … qualifizierte Jugendliche schwer, auf dem Arbeitsmarkt Fuß zu fassen - in Deutschland sind es vor allem die Jugendlichen ohne …
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Does the public sector discriminate against women? : occupational segregation prior to privatization in Egypt
Said, Mona - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 185-201
This paper utilizes a joint (ordered probit) occupational attainment and wage determination model to examine the channels through which occupational segregation and pay discrimination affect the overall gender wage gap in different sectors of ownership in Egypt. Using a large data set drawn from...
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Estimation of regional wage series in Chile
Dresdner, Jorge; Sanhueza, Carlos - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 2, pp. 243-261
source, it is preferable to use the corrected series presented in this paper. -- regional wages ; estimation ; truncation …
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Wage bargaining and partial ownership
Bárcena-Ruiz, Juan Carlos; Campo, María Luz - In: Estudios de economía 37 (2010) 1, pp. 27-42
This paper analyzes wage negotiation between firms and unions when crossparticipation exists at ownership level. We consider two shareholders and two firms: one firm is jointly owned by the two shareholders and the other is owned by a single shareholder. Labor is unionized and the firms produce...
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A cohort analysis of the income distribution in Chile
Sapelli, Claudio - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 223-242
In this paper we look at the income distribution by cohort in Chile. We construct a synthetic panel from cross section surveys and estimate the income distribution for cohorts born between 1902 and 1978. We then decompose the evolution of these distributions into age, year and cohort effects....
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Geringe Stundenlöhne, lange Arbeitszeiten
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 21, pp. 3-12
Seit 2006 ist das starke Wachstum des Niedriglohnsektors vorbei, in den letzten Jahren entfielen auf diesen Bereich konstant 22 Prozent aller Arbeitnehmer. Innerhalb des Niedriglohnsektors hat sich in der vergangenen Dekade die Tätigkeitsstruktur nicht verändert. In der gesamten Wirtschaft...
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