... in the economic experience of cohabiting lesbians, and that young cohabiting lesbians comprise a particularly vulnerable population. Gender Discrimination Income Sexual discrimination J1 J3 J7 The quickly growing literature on the earnings effects of sexual orientation has led...

... employees. Among other findings, although absolute income does not appear to affect well-being, relative income effect is statistically significant. Originality/value Although there is a sizable literature on the importance of decent jobs and women’s employment in low-pay manufacturing jobs...

...Camilla Härtull; Jan Saarela Finland Education Income Educational homogamy Endogamy Ethno-linguistic groups Natives In most marriages, there is a certain degree of resemblance between the partners. People tend to marry within their own group, also known as endogamy, or choose...

.../methodology/approach – The microsimulation technique developed in this paper is based on a nowcasting approach by using different sources of data and by taking into account a whole set of potential transitions across the different statuses of the labour market and the related changes in income. To validate...

...Giuliana Parodi; Francesco Pastore; Giuliana Parodi; Dario Sciulli Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of the probability of low income for households with disabled members in Italy, over the period 2004‐2007, with special focus on the role of persistence...

... of migrants has emerged. Borjas (1987, 1991, 1999) finds that the estimated wage differential for recent immigrants in the USA depends negatively on inequality in the source country and positively on the average income level in the source country, which supports the prediction of the standard Roy‐Borjas...

... using income from self‐employment and having employees in the firm. Findings The study finds that the unemployed, and even more the inactive, are overrepresented among those who become self‐employed. Those who were wage earners in 1998 have higher incomes and are also employing other people...

... factors such as discrimination, harassment, or other conditions at the workplace. It might also be due to lower relative incomes. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses nationally representative Canadian data and attempts to account for the low levels of job satisfaction among Canadians...

... in the current job. Human capital Income Contracts of employment In recent years there has been a growing interest in worker mobility and job stability in the labour market. OECD (1997) documents a growing sense of job insecurity in many member states and shows that tenure at the current...

... suggests a stronger employer learning and/or human capital accumulation effect at the bottom of the hierarchy and a stronger job assignment effect at the top. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Careers Promotion Income Learning Human capital The relationship between employers and employees...

.... Comparing results for different wage variables from the panel study of income dynamics (PSID), it is shown that estimated returns to seniority are very sensitive to the type of wage data used. Estimates based on yearly reports are typically twice as large as those using direct reports. Two sources account...

...Tindara Addabbo; Massimo Baldini Poverty dynamics and the ability of the Italian welfare system to reduce poverty are investigated by using the 1991‐1995 panel of the Bank of Italy’s Survey of Household Income and Wealth. Households most exposed to poverty live in the South, have a larger size...

... the ratio of unemployment income to that of previous earnings, the longer is unemployment duration, but finds that when pre‐unemployment income itself is considered, duration is positively related to that income. Supports the positive view of the merits of unemployment insurance. While past studies...

... with the quality of jobs created;while, on the other, concern has been expressed over the increase in the extent of poverty among families dependent on earnings from work as their main source of income. In the United States and the UK, employment rose substantially in the late 1980s but mainly in low‐paying...

... by just 1‐2 per cent increases the share of income received by minimum wage workers by 8‐9 per cent. How is the income redistribution divided among the low‐paid? There are two polar possibilities. In a worst‐case scenario, the minimum could create a dual market for low‐wage workers: some benefit from...

... composition of industry between pairs of countries using regression analysis. Factor endowments, per capita incomes and country size are found to influence industrial similarity. Membership of the EC and participation in the EC‐EFTA free trade areas are associated with increased inter‐industry...