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Labour Markets, Education and Duality of Returns
Mamoon, Dawood; Murshed, S. Mansoob - 2011
The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of increased trade on wage inequality in developing countries, and whether a higher human capital stock moderates this effect. We look at the skilled-unskilled wage differential. When better educated societies open up their economies, increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015226004
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The Lisbon process, re-visited. A reality check of the European social model.
Tausch, Arno - 2006
of world economic openness” but rather, on the contrary, by the enormous amount of passive globalization that Europe … – together with Latin America – experienced over recent years. Our combined measure of the velocity of the globalization process … and South Asia escaped from the combined pressures of globalization, while Eastern and Southern Latin America, very large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015226941
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The efficiency and effectiveness of social spending in the EU-27 and the OECD – a 2011 reanalysis
Tausch, Arno - 2011
In this contribution, we look again at the trajectory and the efficiency of the ‘European social model’ (EMS). We re-apply an econometric methodology, which was already used in the study Herrmann, Heshmati et al., 2008, 2009. In that study, the authors said that apart from Finland and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015228590
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The Efficiency of Social Expenditures in the Fight Against Extreme Poverty in Europe [Die Effizienz Der Sozialausgaben Im Kampf Gegen Extreme Armut in Europa]
Tausch, Arno - 2008
In this qualitative sociological and quantitative economic policy paper, we show the trade-off between social expenditures and absolute poverty, and construct a non-parametric efficiency indicator, combining the residuals from the trade-off between social expenditures per capita and absolute...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015234879
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Euro introduction and export behaviour of Italian firms
Claudio, Vicarelli; Carmine, Pappalardo - 2012
Recent literature has focused on the importance of extensive and intensive margins of trade in the case of the Euro adoption. Using a unique dataset taken from ISTAT firm level data, we study the effects of euro introduction on Italian manufacturing firms. We focus our analysis on the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015235110
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Euro introduction and export behaviour of Italian firms
Vicarelli, Claudio; Pappalardo, Carmine - 2012
Recent literature has focused on the importance of extensive and intensive margins of trade in the case of the Euro adoption. Using a unique dataset taken from ISTAT firm level data, we study the effects of euro introduction on Italian manufacturing firms. We focus our analysis on the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015235166
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Wo Frau Kanzlerin Angela Merkel irrt: Der Sozialschutz in der Welt, der Anteil Europas und die Beurteilung seiner Effizienz
Tausch, Arno - 2015
The “welfare hammock” - who didn’t hear already such arguments? Although the ILO in its recent "ILO World Social Protection Report 2014/2015" has clearly pointed out that social protection plays an important role in the realization of the human right to social security for all, for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015248866
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Education,gender and income inequalities : Comparative study between Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia
Benhaddad, amina nesrine; Hammouda, Nacer-Eddine; … - 2017
The aim of this article is to identify and compare the impact of human capital investment, gender and labour market characteristics on income inequality in the different categories of young employed people in four Arab countries (Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Lebanon). We are supported by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015215103
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Una Aproximación de la Brecha Salarial entre Entidades Públicas en el Ecuador
Carrillo, Paul A.; Vasconez, Veronica - 2010
This research shows the pay gap between public entities in Ecuador. We use the information of Annex Relation Unit of the Internal Revenue Service and the Civil Registry for 2008 and 2009. The study makes a Mincerian model and an analysis by quintiles to find and compare the wage gap between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015228024
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Ownership and wages: Spatial econometric approach
Ogorevc, Marko; Verbič, Miroslav - 2012
The aim of our paper is to disentangle the relationship between ownership and wages using cross-section data for Slovenian medium size and large companies, where we account for spatial dependencies in wage determination. Space here is not considered in geographical context, but as a set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015232138