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Old‐age employment and hours of work trends : empirical analysis for four European countries
Aliaj, Arjeta; Flawinne, Xavier; Jousten, Alain; … - 2016
countries Germany, France and the Netherlands using the EU Labour Force Survey. Second, we characterize the different employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455515
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The effects of firm size on job quality : a comparative study for Britain and France
Bryson, Alex; Erhel, Christine; Salibekyan, Zinaida - 2017
-pecuniary job quality and workplace characteristics in Britain and France – countries with very different employment regimes. The … results show that job quality is better in Britain than it is in France, despite its minimalist regulatory regime. The … associated with non-pecuniary job quality in both countries but in France the association is confined to only the largest firms …
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Why work more? : the impact of taxes, and culture of leisure on labor supply in Europe
Mocan, Naci; Pogorelova, Luiza - 2015
We use micro data from the European Social Survey to investigate the impact of “culture of leisure” and taxes on labor force participation and hours worked of second-generation immigrants who reside in 26 European countries. These individuals are born in Europe, and they have been exposed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309018
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Historical analysis of national subjective wellbeing using millions of digitized books
Hills, Thomas; Proto, Eugenio; Sgroi, Daniel - 2015
go back at least 200 years further using our methods. We analyse data for six countries (the USA, UK, Germany, France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296064
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How do native and migrant workers contribute to innovation? : a study on France, Germany and the UK
Fassio, Claudio; Montobbio, Fabio; Venturini, Alessandra - 2015
This paper uses the French and the UK Labour Force Surveys and the German Microcensus to estimate the effects of different components of the labour force on innovation at the sectoral level between 1994 and 2005. The authors focus, in particular, on the contribution of migrant workers. We adopt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528595
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Anti‐elite politics and emotional reactions to socio‐economic problems : experimental evidence on "pocketbook anger" from France, Germany, and the United States
Marx, Paul - 2019
-conscious emotions into anger. The argument is tested with original survey data from France, Germany, and the United States. The … anti-elite rhetoric causes considerably higher expressed anger about one's financial situation in France and Germany, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006185
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Does segregation reduce socio-spatial mobility? : evidence from four European countries with different inequality and segregation contexts
Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Tammaru, Tiit; Ham, Maarten van; … - 2017
The neighbourhoods in which people live reflects their social class and preferences, so studying socio-spatial mobility between neighbourhoods gives insight in the openness of spatial class structures of societies and in the ability of people to leave disadvantaged neighbourhoods. We study the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011758269
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313919
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Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000
- the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325999
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Why do firms recruit internationally? : results from the IZA International Employer Survey 2000
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2001
The paper studies the demand for foreign graduates at the firm level. Using a unique dataset on recruitment policies of firms in four European countries, the determinants of demand for internationally mobile high-skilled employees are established. I investigate the number, origin, skills, and...
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