This paper studies how a special wage increase for assistant nurses in Sweden affected income and employment. Workers … in the public sector receive wages based on negotiations between unions and employers. These agreements usually provide … similar employment and income levels before the agreement was reached. Assistant nurses see higher increases in labor income …

We explore the pace of increase in returns to schooling during the transition from planning to market over time across … a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …

We explore the pace of increase in returns to schooling during the transition from planning to market over time across … a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …

We explore the pace of increase in returns to schooling during the transition from planning to market over time across … a number of Central and Eastern European countries, Russia, and China. We use metadata from 33 studies of 10 transition …

stagnant in transition economies. Admittedly, employment equality among genders was initially much higher in transition …Women in developed economies have experienced an unparalleled increase in employment rates, to the point that the gap … working (e.g. access to caring facilities) and the opportunity costs of not-working (notably, relative growth in wages in …

stagnant in transition economies. Admittedly, employment equality among genders was initially much higher in transition …Women in developed economies have experienced an unparalleled increase in employment rates, to the point that the gap … working (e.g. access to caring facilities) and the opportunity costs of not-working (notably, relative growth in wages in …

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 …

affect their employment chances - by adopting citizenship, acquiring work experience, or signaling religious practice - or … their employment chances by any of the tested means. Rather, ethnic hierarchies are critical: callback rates decline … employment chances. These findings highlight that immigrants have few tools at their disposal to escape ethnic penalties and that …

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 …