research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap …

This paper analyzes the net effects of technology and import competition on employment, wages and wage inequality in … the Canadian manufacturing sector over the 1970-1990 period by estimating reduced form employment and wage equations. The …-hours worked, the level of employment and the hourly labor compensation by industry are examined. The major findings for the study …

on natives' wages and employment. If immigrants are relatively good substitutes for native workers, the impact of …

This paper examines the effect that gender-based earnings discrimination has on self-employment dynamics among females …–2001 time period, we test the hypothesis that the probability of moving into self-employment is positively related to prior … who have lower than expected wage sector earnings are more likely to leave wage employment in the following year. The …

in relation to employment structure among other transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe. By taking the … employment structure of the EU countries as a long-term target, author finds that Croatia is still a long way from that goal, and … it is moving in the right direction at a considerable pace. Moreover, in comparison to other countries in transition, it …

employment prospects of ethnic minorities in England and Wales. It is shown that there is considerable spatial variation in … employment outcomes. There is a lower incidence of self-employment in more ethnically-concentrated urban areas, which contradicts …

and often concentrates on the USA. We present both an aggregate and detailed decomposition of changes in wages allowing us …

increasing employment among healthy people under 70. …