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Social Exclusion : Short and Long Term Causes and Consequences
Parodi, Giuliana - 2012
The book provides a panoramic approach to social exclusion, with emphasis on structural causes (education, health, accidents) and on short term causes connected with the crisis which started in 2008. The picture emerging, based on econometric analysis, is that the crisis has widened the risk of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015538
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Welfare State at Risk : Rising Inequality in Europe
Eißel, Dieter - 2014
Inequality and the Role of Redistributive Policy.- 4 Economic Aspects of Fighting Inequality.- 5 Market Distribution, Fiscal … Distribution and Inequality: A Case Study of Britain -- 6 The Nordic Model and Social Inequalities -- 7 Social Inequalities of … Families in Europe.- 8 Transition Into Adulthood, Life Course, Inequalities and Social Change -- 9 Unsuccessful in Education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017179
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The Employment Effects of Technological Change : Heterogenous Labor, Wage Inequality and Unemployment
Rubart, Jens (contributor) - 2007
This book provides an empirical and theoretical examination of the short- and medium run impacts of technological advances on the employment and wages of workers which differ in their earned educational degree. Furthermore, by introducing labor market frictions and wage setting institutions the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520753
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The Crisis for Young People : Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare
Green, Andy - 2017
the most pressing social issues of our times: intergenerational inequality. Based on recent mixed-method research, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654133
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The European Labour Market : Regional Dimensions
Caroleo, Floro Ernesto (contributor);  … - 2006
Presents the findings on the regional dimensions of European labour markets. This book provides a conceptual and empirical study of the interactions between the European economy and its regions, paying particular attention to the issue of the transition of Central and Eastern European countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520593
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The Dynamics of Opportunity in America : Evidence and Perspectives
Kirsch, Irwin (ed.); Braun, Henry (ed.) - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
Across the country, our children are beginning life from very different starting points. Some have aspirations and believe they can be achieved. For too many others, aspirations are tempered, if not dashed, by the sobering realities of everyday life. These different starting points place...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685727
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Economic Policies since the Global Financial Crisis
Arestis, Philip (ed.); Sawyer, Malcolm (ed.) - 2017
over inequality in industrialised countries, and labour market policies. Topics covered range from monetary and fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397525
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Rediscovering Social Economics : Beyond the Neoclassical Paradigm
Johnson, Roger D. - 2017
This book argues that economists need to reengage with societal issues, such as justice and fairness in distribution, that inevitably arise when discussing the basic economic problem of unlimited human wants and finite resources. Approaching the problem through a history of economic thought,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397485
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Monopsonistic Labour Markets and the Gender Pay Gap : Theory and Empirical Evidence
Hirsch, Boris - 2010
Spatial Monopsony -- Simple Static Monopsony -- Short-Run Spatial Monopsony -- Long-Run Spatial Monopsony -- Spatial Monopsony and the Gender Pay Gap -- Spatial Monopsony and Regional Differences in the Gender Pay Gap -- Dynamic Monopsony -- Simple Dynamic Monopsony -- A General Equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521339
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The role of gender inequalities in explaining income growth, poverty and inequality: Evidence from Latin American countries
Costa, Joana; Silva, Elydia; Vaz, Fábio - 2009
economic outcomes such as income growth, poverty and inequality indicators. Our analysis is based on microsimulations for eight … poverty and inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293303