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Ethnic persistence, assimilation and risk proclivity
Bonin, Holger; Constant, Amelie; Tatsiramons, Konstantinos - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
This paper investigates whether immigrants adapt to the attitudes of the majority population in the host country by focusing on the effect of ethnic persistence and assimilation on individual risk proclivity. Employing information from a unique representative German survey, we find that...
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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
Ausbildung vorliegt, weisen Jugendliche eine viel höhere Arbeitslosigkeit auf als Erwachsene. In solchen Ländern allerdings, in … bessere Arbeitsmarktchancen zu verschaffen. Am offensten ist der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland. Hier kann die relativ wenig über …The crises of the past few years have led to a significant increase in youth unemployment in Europe. This, in turn, has …
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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
qualifizierte Jugendliche schwer, auf dem Arbeitsmarkt Fuß zu fassen - in Deutschland sind es vor allem die Jugendlichen ohne …Youth unemployment in Germany has fallen to its lowest level since German reunification. Between 2005 and 2012 … regional concentration of youth unemployment is evident. Particularly in old industrial regions of western Germany and in …
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The impact of sectoral minimum wage laws on employment, wages, and hours of work in South Africa
Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-27
This paper attempts to investigate the impact of sectoral wage laws in South Africa. Specifically, we examine the impact of minimum wage laws promulgated in the Retail, Domestic work, Forestry, Security, and Taxi sectors using 15 waves of biannual Labour Force Survey data for the 2000–2007...
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Mental health : the new frontier for labour economics
Layard, Richard - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-16
This lecture argues that mental health is a major factor of production. It is the biggest single influence on life satisfaction, with mental health eight years earlier a more powerful explanatory factor than current income. Mental health also affects earnings and educational success. But, most...
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Selected issues of personal income taxation harmonization
Wołowiec, Tomasz - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 2, pp. 30-44
In the process of furthering EU integration little attention was given to the role of income taxes. Multiple income tax systems exist across the Union and their differentiation negatively impacts the European labor market, investments and savings, inhibiting economic growth. Individual nations...
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Wenig Chancengleichheit in Deutschland : Familienhintergrund prägt eigenen ökonomischen Erfolg
Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 4, pp. 3-9
verfassten Gesellschaften teilen. Obwohl alle Bürger formal über gleiche Rechte verfügen, sind auch in Deutschland die Chancen … auf individuelle Arbeitseinkommen, Familieneinkommen, Stundenlöhne sowie Bildungserfolg in Deutschland im internationalen … Vergleich ist die Chancengleichheit in Deutschland damit auf einem ähnlich niedrigen Niveau wie in den USA und signifikant …
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