Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is a prominent summary indicator for evaluating and comparing the levels of population health status across Europe. Variations in HLE, however, do not necessarily reflect underlying differences in health and mortality levels among countries and are particularly...

En la zona del euro, la composición del empleo experimentó variaciones significativas desde el comienzo de la crisis financiera, particularmente en lo referente a la edad y al nivel educativo de los asalariados, así como en la incidencia de la contratación temporal. En este trabajo se...

Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is a prominent summary indicator for evaluating and comparing the levels of population health status across Europe. Variations in HLE, however, do not necessarily reflect underlying differences in health and mortality levels among countries and are particularly...

In this paper we try to provide an overview of a series of simple descriptive facts onrecent trends in economic inequality in Germany. We believe that it is important to beprecise in the way in which we define the inequality measure and the sample we use, toavoid generating vague messages that...

In this paper we try to provide an overview of a series of simple descriptive facts on recent trends in economic inequality in Germany. We believe that it is important to be precise in the way in which we define the inequality measure and the sample we use, to avoid generating vague messages...

Using a longitudinal matched employer-employee data set for Portugal over the 1986-2005 period, this study analyzes the heterogeneity in wages responses to aggregate labor market conditions for newly hired workers and existing workers. Accounting for both worker and firm heterogeneity, the data...

Using a longitudinal matched employer-employee data set for Portugal over the 1986-2005 period, this study analyzes the heterogeneity in wages responses to aggregate labor market conditions for newly hired workers and existing workers. Accounting for both worker and firm heterogeneity, the data...