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Pensions and Fertility : Back to the Roots -- The Introduction of Bismarck's Pension Scheme and the European Fertility Decline
Fenge, Robert - 2014
Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension system on … fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047746
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Growth in euro area labour quality
Schwerdt, Guido; Turunen, Jarkko - 2006
Composition of the euro area workforce evolves over time and in response to changing labour market conditions. We construct an estimate of growth in euro area labour quality over the period 1983-2004 and show that labour quality has grown on average by 0.6% year-on-year over this time period....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604621
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Understanding inter-industry wage structures in the euro area
Genre, Véronique; Kohn, Karsten; Momferatou, Daphne - 2009
This paper focuses on the euro area wage structure and its potential determinants from a sectoral viewpoint. Merging information from the OECD Structural Analysis database with data from the EU Labour Force Survey, we construct a cross-country panel of 22 industries in 8 euro area countries for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605068
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Growth in Euro Area Labour Quality
Schwerdt, Guido; Turunen, Jarkko - 2021
Composition of the euro area workforce evolves over time and in response to changing labour market conditions. We construct an estimate of growth in euro area labour quality over the period 1983-2004 and show that labour quality has grown on average by 0.6% year-on-year over this time period....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318111
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The educational gradient of nonmarital childbearing in Europe : emergence of a pattern of disadvantage?
Perelli-Harris, Brienna; Sigle-Rushton, Wendy; … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935736
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Educational differences in cohort fertility across sub-national regions in Europe
Nisén, Jessica; Klüsener, Sebastian; Dahlberg, Johan; … - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115875
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Sectoral explanations of employment in Europe: the role of services
D’Agostino, Antonello; Serafini, Roberta; … - 2006
This paper investigates the determinants of the service sector employment share in the EU-15, for the aggregate service sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in the share of service-related jobs in total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604671
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The effect of durable goods and ICT on euro area productivity growth?
Jalava, Jukka; Kavonius, Ilja Kristian - 2008
The present System of National Accounts (SNA93) treats durable consumption goods as consumption goods rather than investment although rentals for owner occupied households is imputed into GDP. We argue that households de facto treat the purchase of durable goods as investments and thus, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604986
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Productivity in the Euro Area : Any Evidence of Convergence?
Sondermann, David - 2012
Sizable prevailing real economic disparities among countries in a currency union potentially involve costs for those countries for which the aggregate policy stance is not appropriate. This paper contributes to the literature by testing for productivity convergence among euro area countries....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107393
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Understanding Inter-Industry Wage Structures in the Euro Area
Genre, Veronique - 2009
This paper focuses on the euro area wage structure and its potential determinants from a sectoral viewpoint. Merging information from the OECD Structural Analysis database with data from the EU Labour Force Survey, we construct a cross-country panel of 22 industries in 8 euro area countries for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765057