The paper decomposes average income differentials between Roma and non-Roma in South East Europe into the component … selectivity bias. Using microdata from the 2004 UNDP household survey on Roma minorities, the paper finds that a large share of … the average income differential between Roma and non-Roma is explained by human capital differences. Nevertheless …

This paper directs interest on country-specific labour market discrimination Roma may suffer in South East Europe. The … of Roma minorities, and apply a Bayesian approach, proposed by Keith and LeSage (2004), for the decomposition analysis of …

Europe than in the West, except for Ireland, the UK and Austria. Between 2004 and 2009, no cases found when unemployment and … dependent informality rates in a country went up together, suggesting that work without contract is pro-cyclical in Europe … equal. In Southern and Western Europe, immigrants from CEE and FSU feature the highest dependent informality rate, whilst in …