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Cross-national rankings of intergenerational mobility: a comparison of approaches from economics and sociology
Blanden, Jo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This paper summarizes research on the relative level of intergenerational mobility – whether classified by income, education or social class. The literatures on education and income mobility reveal a similar ranking with South America, other developing nations, southern European countries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126209
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Why are higher skilled workers more mobile geographically?: the role of the job surplus
Amior, Michael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
The skill gap in geographical mobility is entirely driven by workers who report moving for a new job. A natural … explanation lies in the large expected surplus accruing to skilled job matches. Just as large surpluses ease the frictions which … impede job search in general, they also help overcome those frictions (specifically moving costs) which plague cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011206867
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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
A central concern about immigration is the integration into the labour market, not only of the first generation, but also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe’s largest economies. France, Germany and the United Kingdom have all become, perhaps unwittingly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744907
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Decomposing the Ins and Outs of Cyclical Unemployment
Bachmann, Ronald; Sinning, Mathias - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
This paper analyzes the contribution of the socioeconomic and demographic composition of the pool of employed and unemployed individuals to the dynamics of the labor market in different phases of the business cycle. Using individual level data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010533916
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Sectoral Transformation, Turbulence, and Labor Market Dynamics in Germany
Bachmann, Ronald; Burda, Michael C. - 2007
The secular rise of European unemployment since the 1960s is hard to explain without reference to structural change. This is especially true in Germany, where industrial employment has declined by more than 30% and service sector employment has more than doubled over the past three decades....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264679
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Decomposing the Ins and Outs of Cyclical Unemployment
Bachmann, Ronald; Sinning, Mathias - 2011
This paper analyzes the contribution of the socioeconomic and demographic composition of the pool of employed and unemployed individuals to the dynamics of the labor market in different phases of the business cycle. Using individual level data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287431
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Sectoral Transformation, Turbulence, and Labor Market Dynamics in Germany
Bachmann, Ronald; Burda, Michael C. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2007
The secular rise of European unemployment since the 1960s is hard to explain without reference to structural change. This is especially true in Germany, where industrial employment has declined by more than 30% and service sector employment has more than doubled over the past three decades....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561988
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Employment after motherhood: a European comparison
Gutiérrez-Domènech, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
There is theoretical evidence that economic and family policies have an important impact on mother''s employment. The aim of this article is to study empirically the women''s transitions from employment to non-employment after they have their first birth in Belgium, West-Germany, Italy, Spain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744883
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Is child work necessary?
Bhalotra, Sonia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
This paper investigates why children work by studying the wage elasticity of child labour supply. Incorporating subsistence constraints in to a model of labour supply, we show that a negative wage elasticity favours the hypothesis that poverty compels work whereas a positive wage elasticity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744915
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Employment penalty after motherhood in Spain
Gutiérrez-Domènech, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
pre-birth job features and education. We find that around 40 percent of Spanish women who were at work one year before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745799