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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
7667 Niall O'Higgins
Ethnicity and Gender in the Labour Market in Central and South East Europe
The Roma are both the largest 'minority' ethnic group in Central and South Eastern Europe and the one which suffered most from transition to the market. Still today, nearly forty years after the ...
(published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics 2015, 39 (2), 631-654)
J16, J15
7665 Ken Clark
Stephen Drinkwater
UK Migration Policy and Migration from Eastern Partnership Countries
This paper examines UK migration policy and recent migration flows from Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries to the UK. Although inflows of migrant workers were relatively large in the mid-2000s, ...
(revised version published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3(1), Article 15)
J61, F22
7663 Indermit Gill
Johannes Koettl
Truman Packard
Full Employment: A Distant Dream for Europe
Today, Europe is a continent of low participation, low employment labor markets. Many observers would like to blame poor employment outcomes on the Euro or on austerity. But these are dangerous ...
(published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:19)
I38, J08, J21, J24, J32, J42
7662 Werner Eichhorst
Paul Marx
Verena Tobsch
Non-Standard Employment across Occupations in Germany: The Role of Replaceability and Labour Market Flexibility
The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to attribute this in particular to labour market re-forms and socio-economic change. ...
(published in: Werner Eichhorst and Paul Marx (eds.), Non-Standard Employment in Post-Industrial Labour Markets, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2015)
J24, J21, J41
7659 Andrey Launov
Klaus Wälde
Thumbscrews for Agencies or for Individuals? How to Reduce Unemployment
To which extent does an increase in operating effectiveness of public employment agencies on the one hand and a reduction of unemployment benefits on the other reduce unemployment? Using the recent ...
(substantially revised version published as 'The Employment Effect of Reforming a Public Employment Agency' in: European Economic Review, 2016, 84, 140-164)
E24, J65, J68
7658 Eskil Wadensjö
Labor Market Transparency
The labor market differs from other markets in many respects. Most important is that those who supply labor also have to deliver it in person. It means firstly that the work environment and ...
(published in: Jens Forssbaeck and Lars Oxelheim (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Economic and Institutional Transparency, New York: Oxford University Press, 2015)
F22, J22, J23, J30
7657 Daniel L. Millimet
Rusty Tchernis
The Origins of Early Childhood Anthropometric Persistence
Rates of childhood obesity have increased dramatically in the last few decades. Non-causal evidence suggests that childhood obesity is highly persistent over the life cycle. However little is known ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2019, 56, 2185-2224)
C23, I12, I18
7656 Samuel Mühlemann
Harald Pfeifer
The Structure of Hiring Costs in Germany: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
This paper analyzes the structure of hiring costs of skilled workers in Germany. Using detailed and representative firm-level data on recruitment and adaptation costs of new hires, we find that ...
(published in: Industrial Relations, 2016, 55 (2), 193–218)
J32, J63
7655 Adrian Hille
Jürgen Schupp
How Learning a Musical Instrument Affects the Development of Skills
Despite numerous studies on skill development, we know little about the causal effects of music training on cognitive and non-cognitive skills. This study examines how long-term music training during ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2015, 44, 56-8)
I21, J24, Z11
7654 Christian von Scheve
Frederike Esche
Jürgen Schupp
The Emotional Timeline of Unemployment: Anticipation, Reaction, and Adaptation
Unemployment continues to be one of the major challenges in industrialized societies. Aside from its economic dimensions and societal repercussions, questions concerning the individual experience of ...
(published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2017, 18(4), 1231-1254.)
A14, D63, J17
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