We study the relationship between ethnic identity and labour market outcomes of non-EU immigrants in Europe. Using the European Social Survey, we find that there is a penalty to be paid for immigrants with a strong identity. Being a first generation immigrant leads to a penalty of about 17% while secondgeneration immigrants have a probability of being employed that is not statistically differen...

In this paper we demonstrate that intra-industry trade (or FDI) between identical countries could produce the observed deterioration in the relative wages of unskilled workers. This involves a model of North-North integration through either increased trade flows or increased MNE-based production. Our motivation in this regard is arguments to the effect that trade cannot be responsible for the o...

INTRODUCTION The social insurance system in Sweden underwent extensive change between 2006 and 2010, with the overall aim of making people enter the labour market. At the same time, economic recession hit Sweden. Previous studies suggest that the economic recession particularly affected women. In light of these changes, the aim of this study is to investigate whether health inequalities between...

Denmark has been portrayed as a country with a focus on full employment, gender equality and high level of participation on the labour market. It has historically further been built upon consensus and class-compromises and known for flexi-curity. The active labour market policy has focused on how to ensure not only a work-first approach, but that a constant upgrading of qualifications would gua...

Economic downturns and recession lead to budget cuts and service reductions in the healthcare sector which often precipitate layoffs and hiring freezes. Nurses, being the largest professional group in healthcare, are strongly affected by cost reductions. Economic downturns destabilize the nursing labour market with potential negative outcomes, including serious shortages, extending beyond the r...

participants in a seminar at the Reserve Bank of Australia for valuable input. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Use of any results from this paper should clearly attribute the work to the authors and not to the Reserve Bank of Australia.

terms, too high a level of aggregate wages reflects an imbalance of labour market power between active participants in the labour market (insiders), and those with a less effective presence (outsiders). Such an imbalance can diminish the benefits of productivity-enhancing reforms if the increase in productivity is captured predominantly by those already employed, in the form of higher wages, ra...

This paper deals with the stability properties of a closed market, where capital and labour force are acting like a predator–prey system in population–dynamics. The spatial movement of the capital and labour force are taken into account by cross–diffusion effect. First, we are showing two possible ways for modeling this system in only one country’s market (applying a simple functional response ...

Contrasting the conservative German welfare state with the liberal market economy of the United Kingdom, this paper examines how each welfare regime affects the firstbirth decisions of men and women under the conditions of either high labour market integration (full-time work in a permanent position) or occupational uncertainty (parttime work or work with a fixed-term contract). The results, wh...

This thesis sets out to investigate the extent and nature of labour turnover in hotels. The general thrust of the work is to build up on existing knowledge. This knowledge, as appraised in a review of the past literature, is based primarily on measures and manifestations of labour turnover which are external to aD organisation. Thus, while the work starts from a broad base illustrating the over...