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Immigrants and unemployment in the European Community : from the eyes of natives

Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002 - November 1999 (revised: May 2002)

This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the European Union. Earlier papers measure the presence of immigrants in the local labor market by computing the share of the foreigners in specific regions. This paper, instead, utilizes...

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Loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from five European countries

Lepinteur, Anthony; Rebechi, Alessio; Clark, Andrew E.; … - 2024

We use quarterly panel data from the COME-HERE survey covering five European countries to analyse three facets of the experience of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, in terms of prevalence, loneliness peaked in April 2020, followed by a U-shape pattern in the rest of 2020, and then...

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How outsourcing affects bilateral political relations

Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

One issue the literature neglects is how outsourcing stimulates trade (imports, exports and foreign direct investment), thereby affecting political relations. However, at least as far back as 1750, economic philosophers such as Baron de Montesquieu in his L'Esprit des Lois, argued, peace is the...

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Measuring labor market frictions : a cross-country comparison

Ridder, Geert (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Specialisation patterns and the synchronicity of regional employment cycles in Europe

Belke, Ansgar (contributor); Heine, Jens M. (contributor) - 2004

This paper examines the degree of correlation of EU regional employment cycles and attempts to show whether these cycles reflect changing patterns of specialisation. By focusing on the regional level and by employing three different indicators of similarity of sectoral structure, it improves on...

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How different are immigrants? : A cross-country and cross-survey analysis of educational achievement

Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and …

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Dynamics of labour and capital adjustment : a comparison of Germany and the Netherlands

Polder, Michael (contributor); Verick, Sher (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Money doesn't buy happiness... or does it? : A reconsideration based on the combined effects of wealth, income and consumption

Headey, Bruce (contributor); Muffels, Ruud J. A. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Country-specific goal-scoring in the "dying seconds" of international football matches

Ours, Jan C. van; Tuijl, Martin A. van - 2010

national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European … Cup. We find that the national teams of Germany, England and the Netherlands are more likely than the three other national … teams to score in the last minute – including stoppage time. However, for Germans this comes at a cost. Germany is more …

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Whatever works : dualisation and the service economy in Bismarckian welfare states

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2010

non-standard work. In Germany (and to a lesser extent Austria), marginal part-time provides a fertile ground for low …

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