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Youth Unemployment in Europe: What to Do about It?

Eichhorst, Werner; Hinte, Holger; Rinne, Ulf - 2013

Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. This paper gives an overview of the current situation and assesses different policy options. It emphasizes the role of stronger intra-EU mobility of young workers, policies to make vocational...

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The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe

Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jo; Marconi, Gabriele - 2012

governments' policies foster this contribution across Europe. The study stresses the relevance of policies which are 'empowering …, indicating a relative cohesion in Europe. Yet, substantial variations exist in terms of higher education policy in Europe, each …

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Can the University Save Europe?

Ritzen, Jo - 2012

Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic …

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Who Cares for You at Home? Personal and Household Services in Europe

Angermann, Annette; Eichhorst, Werner - 2013

Personal and household services have grown in importance as a potential area of employment creation. By formalizing personal and household services, not only can service jobs be created with providers, but also private households can be relieved from informal work in order that women in...

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Bridges or buffers? Motives behind immigrants' religiosity

Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-23

of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify … populations in the receiving countries, both in Europe and in the United States; and (b) while in the United States the … religiosity of immigrants serves as a bridge between the immigrants and the local population, in Europe it has mainly the function …

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Immigration and careers of European workers: Effects and the role of policies

Cattaneo, Cristina; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Peri, Giovanni - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-26

In this paper we analyze the response of career, employment and wage of native Europeans to immigration. We then ask how individual country's policies affect these responses. We use data on 11 EU countries, over the period 1995-2001. We also use the 1991 distribution of immigrants by nationality...

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Bridge jobs in Europe

Brunello, Giorgio; Langella, Monica - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-18

We study the transitions from career to gradual and permanent retirement by a sample of (Continental) European males aged 55 to 70 in the late 2000s. We find that only 14.6% of the workers in this sample moved from a career to a bridge job by the time of the interview, much less than in the...

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Books are forever: Early life conditions, education and lifetime earnings in Europe

Brunello, Giorgio; Weber, Guglielmo; Weiss, Christoph T. - 2012

We estimate the effect of education on lifetime income in Europe, by distinguishing between individuals who lived in …

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The causal effect of education on health: What is the role of health behaviors?

Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - 2012

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health education gradient by distinguishing between short-run and long-run mediating effects: while in the former only behaviors in the immediate past are taken into account, in the latter we consider the entire history of behaviors....

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Europäische Energie- und Klimapolitik braucht ambitionierte Ziele für 2030

Kemfert, Claudia; von Hirschhausen, Christian; Lorenz, … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 10, pp. 175-185

of gross final energy consumption throughout Europe. This appears unambitious against the background of developments to …

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