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Gender discrimination and institutional frameworks : evidence from four european union countries

Drakopoulos, S. A.; Theodossiou, I.; Drakopoulou Dodd, Sarah - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 1 (2008) 1, pp. 6-36

This paper reviews important aspects of gender labour market inequalities in four European Union countries. It shows that individual countries differ in many aspects of gender discrimination. It seems that contributing factors to these differences are the national social and economic structures,...

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Jugendarbeitslosigkeit sinkt deutlich : regionale Unterschiede verstärken sich

Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 19, pp. 3-13

Die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland sinkt auf den tiefsten Stand seit der Wiedervereinigung. Zwischen 2005 und … 2012 hat sich die Zahl der Erwerbslosen unter 25 Jahren mehr als halbiert. Im internationalen Vergleich steht Deutschland … qualifizierte Jugendliche schwer, auf dem Arbeitsmarkt Fuß zu fassen - in Deutschland sind es vor allem die Jugendlichen ohne …

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Arbeitslosigkeit in Europa : Jugendliche sind viel stärker betroffen als Erwachsene

Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 30, pp. 3-12

bessere Arbeitsmarktchancen zu verschaffen. Am offensten ist der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland. Hier kann die relativ wenig über …. Practical vocational training is obviously a potential tool for creating better job prospects for young Germany, the fact that …

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Industrial decline and labor reallocation in a transforming economy : Romania in early transition

Earle, John S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-18

Industrial decline and restructuring in the transition economies presents a prime example of the relationship between changes in aggregate economic indicators and underlying microeconomic adjustments. This paper employs matched labor force survey data to focus on the magnitude and determinants...

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Active labour market policies in a recession

Andersen, Torben M.; Svarer, Michael - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

A major labour market challenge following the Great Recession is to avoid an increase in long-term unemployment and thus the structural unemployment rate. Active labour market policies may play an important role in this respect. We consider these issues with outset in Denmark which is a country...

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Distribution of poverty and inequality indices for various groups in Greece using the bootstrap technique

Aggelopoulou, Dimitra; Zografakis, Stavros; Sypsas, … - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 4 (2011) 2, pp. 81-97

. For the purpose of the study, we use household income data from the last two Household Budget Surveys (HBS) which cover …

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Inequality of outcomes vs inequality of opportunities in a developing country : an exploration analysis for Chile

Núñez, Javier; Tartakowsky, Andrea - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 2, pp. 185-202

We apply a variation of Bourguignon, Meléndez and Ferreira (2005) methodology to examine the extent to which income … a bi-parental household reduces income inequality, but in a small margin, in the range of 8 to 13 points of the Gini … part of income inequality may be associated with unobserved heterogeneity across individuals unrelated to circumstances of …

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Forecasting wage inequality

Ruiz-Tagle V., Jaime - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 2, pp. 141-162

Wage inequality in Chile has remained high for decades and it is currently at the center of the political agenda. Increasing education of workers is expected to contribute to reduce wage inequality. Based on historical trends of age, education, and returns to education, this paper attempts to...

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Top Incomes in Chile using 50 years of household surveys : 1957 - 2007

Sanhueza, Claudia; Mayer, Ricardo - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 169-193

changes in the shape of the distribution of income in Chile, and in the composition of top 10% and top 1% incomes. In line … composition of top income groups related to greater relative importance of women, employees and college schooling levels. These … of household members working in the labor market. -- income distribution ; income mobility …

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Happiness economics

Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 1, pp. 35-60

individual likes and dislikes over a large set of relevant issues, such as income, working status and job amenities, the risk of …

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