The geographical concentration of labour-market disadvantage

Disadvantage and Advantage of Immigrants in the Spanish Labour Market

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the differences that immigrants have in the Spanish labour market. Immigrants in Spain come from a diversity of continents (Africa, South America, Eastern Europe, Asia, etc.), and there are substantial differences in characteristics not only among continents but also among countries in each continent. These differences are reflected in the labour market a...

The Effects Of Afghan Immigrants On The Iranian Labour Market

Consistent health inequalities in Europe: the importance of labour market disadvantage.

In this issue, Vandenheede et al publish new evidence for the presence of socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality in three countries from Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) and in Russia. Although each of the four countries has faced different transitions in their population health after the fall of the Iron Curtain, relative differences in mortality are found in each of the four countries....

Labour Market Programmes and Labour Market Outcomes: A study of the Swedish Active Labour Market Interventions

This paper assesses the impact of Swedish welfare-to-work programmes on labour market performance including wages, labour market status, unemployment duration and future welfare-to-work participation. We develop a structural dynamic model of labour supply which incorporates detailed institutional features of these policies and allows for selection on observables and unobservables. We estimate t...

Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage and Transport Costs Non-technical Summary: Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage and Transport Costs

The real costs of trade – the transport and other costs of doing business internationally – are important determinants of a country's ability to participate fully in the world economy. Remoteness and poor transport and communications infrastructure isolate countries, inhibiting their participation in global production networks. Recent liberalizations have reduced artificial trade barriers, and ...