Journal articles
Eva Sierminska, Ronald L. Oaxaca, Gender differences in economics PhD field specializations with correlated choices, Labour Economics, 79, Nov 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102289
Karla Cordova; Markus Grabka, Eva Sierminska, Pension Wealth and the Gender Wealth Gap, European Journal of Population, 38:755–810, Aug 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s10680-022-09631-6
Wealth Accumulation and Retirement Preparedness in Cross-National Perspective: A Gendered Analysis of Outcomes among Single Adults, with Janet Gornick, Journal of European of Social Policy 09 December 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1177%2F09589287211056174)
Sierminska, Eva, and Ronald L. Oaxaca. 2021. "Field Specializations among Beginning Economists: Are There Gender Differences?" AEA Papers and Proceedings, 111: 86-91 (DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20211030)
Differences across Countries and Time in Household Expenditure Patterns: Implications for the Estimation of Equivalence Scales with A. Daley, T. Garner, and S. Phipps, International Review of Applied Economics, published 21 June 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2020.1781798)
Career or Flexible Work Arrangements? Gender Differences in Self-Employment in a Young Market Economy” with Dominik Buttler, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, published 02 March 2020 (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10834-020-09668-x)
Eva Sierminska, Jacques Silber “The Diversity of Household Assets Holdings in the United States in 2007 and 2009: Measurement and Determinants”: Review of the Economics of the Household, published 26 November 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-019-09472-z)
To Own or Not to Own? Household Portfolios, Demographics and Institutions in a Cross-National Perspective, with Karina Doorley, Journal of Income Distribution, August 2018. (on-line first)
Bover, O, J M Casado, S Costa, P Du Caju, Y McCarthy, E Sierminska, P Tzamourani, E Villanueva, and T Zavadil, “The Distribution of Debt Across Euro Area Countries: The Role of Individual Characteristics, Institutions and Credit Conditions”, International Journal of Central Banking, June 2016.
"Myth of Fact? The Beauty Premium across the Wage Distribution in Germany" with Karina Doorley, Economics Letters vol. 129, April 2015, doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2015.01.033
“Modelling the joint distribution of income and wealth” with M. Jäntti and Ph. Van Kerm, Research on Economic Inequality, vol. 23, 2015.
"Wealth distribution within couples," with Markus M. Grabka & Jan Marcus, Review of Economics of the Household: vol. 13, issue 3 (2015), Page 459-486 10.1007/s11150-013-9229-2.
"Cross-National Differences in Wealth Portfolios at the Intensive Margin: Is There a Role for Policy?" with Karina Doorley, Research on Economic Inequality, vol. 22, 43-85, 2014.
"Financial and housing wealth and consumption spending: cross country and age group comparisons" with Yelena Takhtamanova, Housing Studies vol. 27, issue 5 (June 2012).
"Job flows, demographics and the great recession" with Yelena Takhtamanova, Research in Labor Economics vol. 32, (May 2011).
"Examining the Gender Wealth Gap" with Joachim Frick and Markus Grabka, Oxford Economic Papers vol. 62, issue 4, 2010 doi: 10.1093/oep/gpq007.
“Gender, monetary policy, and employment: the case of nine OECD countries,” with Yelena Takhtamanova. Feminist Economics, (15)3 pp.1-31, (July) 2009.
“Differences in the measurement and structure of wealth using alternative data sources: the case of the UK," with Zoe Oldfield. Journal of Financial Transformation, (September) 2009.
"The Income and Wealth Packages of Older Women in Cross-National Perspective" with Janet Gornick and Tim Smeeding.The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 64B(3) pp.402-414, 2009.
“Income, Assets and Poverty: Older Women in Comparative Perspective” with J.Gornick, T.Munzi and T.Smeeding. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy vol. 30 pp.272-300, 2009.
“The Effect of Wealth on Consumption Expenditures: Cross-Country and Cross Socio-Demographic Group Comparisons” with Yelena Takhtamanova. Ekonomia 2008.
“The Luxembourg Wealth Study – A Cross-Country Database for Household Wealth Research,” with Andrea Brandolini and Tim Smeeding. Journal of Economic Inequality vol. 4 no. 3, (December) 2006.
Other articles
“Diverging household debt patterns in the Eurozone: The role of institutions”with O. Bover, J. Casado, S.Costa, Ph. Du Caju, Y. McCarthy, P. Tzamourani, E. Villanueva, T. Zavadil, VOX CEPR’s Policy Portal, Nov 2016.
IZA World of Labor: Does it pay to be beautiful?, 10.15185/izawol.161 , June 2015.
“Disentangling the Wealth Effect: Some International Evidence,” with Yelena Takhtamanova. FRBSF Economic Letter, No. 2007-02, 2007.
“Income and Poverty in the United States in Comparative Perspective: The Role of Income and Wealth in Guaranteeing Economic Security in Old Age.“ with T. Smeeding, J. Williamson, J. Gornick, and A. Brandolini. Public Policy and Aging Report 16(3):23-27. 2006.
Book reviews
“Does Equal Opportunity Bring Men and Women Closer to Wealth Equality?” Review of Income and Wealth, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12102, 2014.
Book review of “The Great Recession and the Distribution of Household Income,” by S. P. Jenkins, A. Brandolini, J. Mickelwright, and B. Nolan (published by Oxford University Press, , Oxford, UK, 2013), pp. 277. Economic Record vol. 90(288) pp. 132-133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12106, 2014
Book
Wealth and Homeownership: Women, Men and Families, with Mariacristina Rossi, Palgrave Macmillian, (2018)
Wealth and Gender in Europe, Report for the European Commission, Luxembourg (2017)
Book chapters
The ‘wealth-being’of single-parents, Chapter in , The triple bind of single-parent families edited by R. Nieuwenhuis and L. C. Maldonado, Policy Press, University of Bristol (2018)
“Occupational Segregation,” The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, (2016)
“Beauty and the Labor Market”with Xing (Michelle) Liu, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.94015-7, 2015
“The Distribution of Assets and Debt,” with T. Smeeding and S. Allegrezza, Chapter 10 in Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries, edited by Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti, Stanford University Press, Palo Alto California, June 2013.
“The Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth” with Markus Jantti and Philippe Van Kerm, Chapter 11 in Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries, edited by Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti, Stanford University Press, Palo Alto California, June 2013.
"Gender, Monetary Policy, and Employment: The Case of Nine OECD Countries" with Yelena Takhtamanova (SF FRB), Chapter 10 in Inequality, Development, and Growth edited by Günseli Berik, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Stephanie Seguino, Routledge, January 2011.
“Survey Estimates of Wealth Holdings in OECD Countries: Evidence on the level and distribution across selected countries” with Markus Jäntti (Åbo Akademi U), Chapter 2 in Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective edited by James B. Davies, UNU-WIDER Studies in Development Economics, Oxford University Press, 2008.
“Homeownership Inequality and the Access to Credit Markets (Can Credit Availability Explain Cross-country Differences in the Inequality of Homeownership across Income of Young Households?) with Alena Bicakova (CERGE-EI) in "Growth and Income distribution in an integrated Europe: Does EMU make a difference?" edited by Lars Jonung and Jarmo Kontulainen, EUROPEAN ECONOMY. ECONOMIC PAPERS. 325. June 2008. European Commission. Brussels. 349pp.
“Comparing wealth distribution across rich countries: the Luxembourg Wealth Study,” with Andrea Brandolini and Tim Smeeding. IFC Bulletin No. 25, volume 1 of the Proceedings of the IFC Conference on "Measuring the financial position of the household sector" August, 2006.
Working papers and other unpublished papers
Martina Menon & Federico Perali & Eva Sierminska, 2016. "An Asset-based Indicator of Well-being for a Unified Means Testing Tool: Money Metric or Counting Approach?," Working Papers 02/2016, University of Verona, Department of Economics. (or MENON Martina & PERALI Federico & SIERMINSKA Eva, 2016. "An Asset-based Indicator of Wellbeing for a Unified Means Testing Tool: Money Metric or Counting Approach?," LISER Working Paper Series 2016-09, LISER.)
"Impact of the Great Recession on Industry Unemployment: A 1976-2011 Comparison," with Y.Takhtamanova, IZA DP No.10340, Nov. 2016
"Housing Decisions, Family Types and Gender. A look across LIS countries " with Mariacristina Rossi, LIS working papers series - No. 654, December 2015 (or Mariacristina Rossi & Eva Sierminska, 2015. "Housing Decisions, Family Types and Gender: A Look across LIS Countries," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 815, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP))
"Single Again? Saving Patterns When Widowhood Occurs" with Mariacristina Rossi, Netspar Discussion Paper Series No 02/2015-004, February 2015.
“Single again? Asset and portfolio changes due to widowhood shock" with Mariacristina Rossi, CeRP, N° 146/14, Collegio Carlo Alberto, December 2014.
"Evaluating the Effect of Beauty on Labor Market Outcomes: A Review of the Literature," with Xing (Michelle) Liu, IZA Discussion Paper No. 8526, October 2014.
"Cross-National Differences in Wealth Portfolios at the Intensive Margin: Is There a Role for Policy?" with Karina Doorley, IZA Discussion Paper No. 8306, July 2014. (published)
"To Own or Not to Own? Household Portfolios, Demographics and Institutions in a Cross-National Perspective," with Karina Doorley, IZA Discussion Paper No. 7734, November 2013.
"Wealth distribution within couples and financial decision making," with Markus M. Grabka & Jan Marcus, IZA Discussion Paper No. 7637, October 2013, CEPS/INSTEAD Working Paper Series 2013-02, CEPS/INSTEAD.( or SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 540, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)), 2013. (published)
"Decomposing household wealth portfolios across countries: An age-old question?," CEPS/INSTEAD Working Paper Series 2012-32, CEPS/INSTEAD, 2012.
"Distributional Impact of the Great Recession on Industry Unemployment for 1976-2011," with Yelena Takhtamanova, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1233, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, 2012.
"Myth of Fact? The Beauty Premium across the Wage Distribution" with Karina Doorley, IZA Discussion Paper No. 6674, June 2012. (published)
"Beauty and the beast in the labor market: Evidence from a distribution regression approach" with Karina Doorley, CEPS Working Papers n°2011‐62 , December, 2011.
“The Immigrant/Native Wealth Gap in Germany, Italy and Luxembourg” with Thomas Mathae (BCL) and Alessandro Porpiglia (BCL), ECB Working Paper No. 1302, February 2011.
"Job flows,demographics and the great recession" with Yelena Takhtamanova (SF FRB), DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1042, August 2010 and CEPS/INSTEAD Working Paper No. 2010-41, December 2010. (published)
"Examining the Gender Wealth Gap in Germany" with Joachim Frick and Markus Grabka, IZA Discussion Paper No. 3573, June 2008.(published)
"Mortgage Market Maturity and Homeownership Inequality among Young Households: A Five-Country Perspective" with Alena Bicakova (CERGE-EI), DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 778, April 2008, and SOEP papers 90/2008 , February 2008.
"Older Women's Income and Wealth Packages in Cross-National Perspective" with T.Smeeding, J.Gornick, and Maurice Leach, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, CRR WP 2008-1, 2008. (published)
"Gender differences in the effect of monetary policy on employment: the case of nine OECD countries" with Yelena Takhtamanova (SF Federal Reserve Bank) IRISS Working Paper, 2008-04, 2008. (published)
“Homeownership Inequality and the Access to Credit Markets (Can Credit Availability Explain Cross-country Differences in the Inequality of Homeownership across Income of Young Households?) with Alena Bicakova (CERGE-EI), Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper No.5, 2007.
“Differences in the measurement and structure of wealth using alternative data sources: the case of the UK" with Zoe Oldfield (IFS). IFS Working Paper, W11/07, 2007. (published)
"Wealth Effects out of Financial and Housing Wealth: Cross-Country and Age Group Comparisons" with Yelena Takhtamanova, Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper No. 4, 2006 and Federal Reserve Bank SF Working Paper Series 2007-01, 2007. (published)
"Representative wealth data for Germany: The impact of methodological decisions around imputation and the choice of the aggregation unit” with Joachim Frick (DIW) and Markus Grabka (DIW), DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 672, March 2007.
“Survey Estimates of Wealth Holdings in OECD Countries: Evidence on the level and distribution across selected countries”with Markus Jäntti (Åbo Akademi U). UNU-WIDER Research Paper No. 2007/17.(published)
"First results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study"Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper No.1,2006.
"Cross National Comparison of Income and Wealth Status in Retirement: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study" with Andrea Brandolini (Banca d’Italia) and Tim Smeeding (Syracuse U.), Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, CRR WP 2007-03 and Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper No.2, 2006.
"Older Women’s Economic Security: the Four-Legged Stool in Cross-National Perspective" with J.Gornick, T.Munzi and T.Smeeding, Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper No.3, 2006.
"Cross-Country Income and Expenditure Distributions using the Luxembourg Income Study" with Thesia Garner (BLS), Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 380,March 2005.
“Measurement Issues in Wealth: Equivalence Scales, Accounting Framework, and Reference Unit” with Tim Smeeding, Prepared for the LWS Workshop:" Construction and Usage of Comparable Microdata on Wealth: the LWS” Perugia, Italy, 2005.
The Measurement of Housing Wealth: Conceptual Issues and Practice” with Andrea Neri (Banca d'Italia), Prepared for the LWS Workshop:”Construction and Usage of Comparable Microdata on Wealth: the LWS” Perugia, Italy, 2005.
“Female Income Differentials and Social Benefits: A Four Country Comparison" Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 377, 2004.
“Immigrants and State Clustering: The Effect of Welfare Benefits?,” Johns Hopkins University, unpublished manuscript, 2003.
“A Comparison of Income, Expenditures and Home Market Value Distributions using the Luxembourg Income Study data from the 1990s” with Thesia Garner (BLS), Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 338, 2002.
Publications to the general public
Doorley K. & Sierminska E. (2010), 'Identifying Beauty and the Beast in the Labour Market: Returns to Physical Appearance in Luxembourg' , Vivre au Luxembourg no.65, Chroniques de l’enquête PSELL-3/2007, CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg.
Sierminska, E.(2009),'The economic position of the elderly in Luxemburg in a cross-national perspective,' Vivre au Luxembourg no.59, Chroniques de l’enquête PSELL-3/2007, CEPS/INSTEAD, Differdange, Luxembourg.
This site was last updated 12/13/2021
Eva Sierminska, Ronald L. Oaxaca, Gender differences in economics PhD field specializations with correlated choices, Labour Economics, 79, Nov 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102289
Karla Cordova; Markus Grabka, Eva Sierminska, Pension Wealth and the Gender Wealth Gap, European Journal of Population, 38:755–810, Aug 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s10680-022-09631-6
Wealth Accumulation and Retirement Preparedness in Cross-National Perspective: A Gendered Analysis of Outcomes among Single Adults, with Janet Gornick, Journal of European of Social Policy 09 December 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1177%2F09589287211056174)
Sierminska, Eva, and Ronald L. Oaxaca. 2021. "Field Specializations among Beginning Economists: Are There Gender Differences?" AEA Papers and Proceedings, 111: 86-91 (DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20211030)
Differences across Countries and Time in Household Expenditure Patterns: Implications for the Estimation of Equivalence Scales with A. Daley, T. Garner, and S. Phipps, International Review of Applied Economics, published 21 June 2020 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2020.1781798)
Career or Flexible Work Arrangements? Gender Differences in Self-Employment in a Young Market Economy” with Dominik Buttler, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, published 02 March 2020 (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10834-020-09668-x)
Eva Sierminska, Jacques Silber “The Diversity of Household Assets Holdings in the United States in 2007 and 2009: Measurement and Determinants”: Review of the Economics of the Household, published 26 November 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-019-09472-z)
To Own or Not to Own? Household Portfolios, Demographics and Institutions in a Cross-National Perspective, with Karina Doorley, Journal of Income Distribution, August 2018. (on-line first)
Bover, O, J M Casado, S Costa, P Du Caju, Y McCarthy, E Sierminska, P Tzamourani, E Villanueva, and T Zavadil, “The Distribution of Debt Across Euro Area Countries: The Role of Individual Characteristics, Institutions and Credit Conditions”, International Journal of Central Banking, June 2016.
"Myth of Fact? The Beauty Premium across the Wage Distribution in Germany" with Karina Doorley, Economics Letters vol. 129, April 2015, doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2015.01.033
“Modelling the joint distribution of income and wealth” with M. Jäntti and Ph. Van Kerm, Research on Economic Inequality, vol. 23, 2015.
"Wealth distribution within couples," with Markus M. Grabka & Jan Marcus, Review of Economics of the Household: vol. 13, issue 3 (2015), Page 459-486 10.1007/s11150-013-9229-2.
"Cross-National Differences in Wealth Portfolios at the Intensive Margin: Is There a Role for Policy?" with Karina Doorley, Research on Economic Inequality, vol. 22, 43-85, 2014.
"Financial and housing wealth and consumption spending: cross country and age group comparisons" with Yelena Takhtamanova, Housing Studies vol. 27, issue 5 (June 2012).
"Job flows, demographics and the great recession" with Yelena Takhtamanova, Research in Labor Economics vol. 32, (May 2011).
"Examining the Gender Wealth Gap" with Joachim Frick and Markus Grabka, Oxford Economic Papers vol. 62, issue 4, 2010 doi: 10.1093/oep/gpq007.
“Gender, monetary policy, and employment: the case of nine OECD countries,” with Yelena Takhtamanova. Feminist Economics, (15)3 pp.1-31, (July) 2009.
“Differences in the measurement and structure of wealth using alternative data sources: the case of the UK," with Zoe Oldfield. Journal of Financial Transformation, (September) 2009.
"The Income and Wealth Packages of Older Women in Cross-National Perspective" with Janet Gornick and Tim Smeeding.The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 64B(3) pp.402-414, 2009.
“Income, Assets and Poverty: Older Women in Comparative Perspective” with J.Gornick, T.Munzi and T.Smeeding. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy vol. 30 pp.272-300, 2009.
“The Effect of Wealth on Consumption Expenditures: Cross-Country and Cross Socio-Demographic Group Comparisons” with Yelena Takhtamanova. Ekonomia 2008.
“The Luxembourg Wealth Study – A Cross-Country Database for Household Wealth Research,” with Andrea Brandolini and Tim Smeeding. Journal of Economic Inequality vol. 4 no. 3, (December) 2006.
Other articles
“Diverging household debt patterns in the Eurozone: The role of institutions”with O. Bover, J. Casado, S.Costa, Ph. Du Caju, Y. McCarthy, P. Tzamourani, E. Villanueva, T. Zavadil, VOX CEPR’s Policy Portal, Nov 2016.
IZA World of Labor: Does it pay to be beautiful?, 10.15185/izawol.161 , June 2015.
“Disentangling the Wealth Effect: Some International Evidence,” with Yelena Takhtamanova. FRBSF Economic Letter, No. 2007-02, 2007.
“Income and Poverty in the United States in Comparative Perspective: The Role of Income and Wealth in Guaranteeing Economic Security in Old Age.“ with T. Smeeding, J. Williamson, J. Gornick, and A. Brandolini. Public Policy and Aging Report 16(3):23-27. 2006.
Book reviews
“Does Equal Opportunity Bring Men and Women Closer to Wealth Equality?” Review of Income and Wealth, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12102, 2014.
Book review of “The Great Recession and the Distribution of Household Income,” by S. P. Jenkins, A. Brandolini, J. Mickelwright, and B. Nolan (published by Oxford University Press, , Oxford, UK, 2013), pp. 277. Economic Record vol. 90(288) pp. 132-133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12106, 2014
Book
Wealth and Homeownership: Women, Men and Families, with Mariacristina Rossi, Palgrave Macmillian, (2018)
Wealth and Gender in Europe, Report for the European Commission, Luxembourg (2017)
Book chapters
The ‘wealth-being’of single-parents, Chapter in , The triple bind of single-parent families edited by R. Nieuwenhuis and L. C. Maldonado, Policy Press, University of Bristol (2018)
“Occupational Segregation,” The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, (2016)
“Beauty and the Labor Market”with Xing (Michelle) Liu, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.94015-7, 2015
“The Distribution of Assets and Debt,” with T. Smeeding and S. Allegrezza, Chapter 10 in Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries, edited by Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti, Stanford University Press, Palo Alto California, June 2013.
“The Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth” with Markus Jantti and Philippe Van Kerm, Chapter 11 in Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries, edited by Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti, Stanford University Press, Palo Alto California, June 2013.
"Gender, Monetary Policy, and Employment: The Case of Nine OECD Countries" with Yelena Takhtamanova (SF FRB), Chapter 10 in Inequality, Development, and Growth edited by Günseli Berik, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Stephanie Seguino, Routledge, January 2011.
“Survey Estimates of Wealth Holdings in OECD Countries: Evidence on the level and distribution across selected countries” with Markus Jäntti (Åbo Akademi U), Chapter 2 in Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective edited by James B. Davies, UNU-WIDER Studies in Development Economics, Oxford University Press, 2008.
“Homeownership Inequality and the Access to Credit Markets (Can Credit Availability Explain Cross-country Differences in the Inequality of Homeownership across Income of Young Households?) with Alena Bicakova (CERGE-EI) in "Growth and Income distribution in an integrated Europe: Does EMU make a difference?" edited by Lars Jonung and Jarmo Kontulainen, EUROPEAN ECONOMY. ECONOMIC PAPERS. 325. June 2008. European Commission. Brussels. 349pp.
“Comparing wealth distribution across rich countries: the Luxembourg Wealth Study,” with Andrea Brandolini and Tim Smeeding. IFC Bulletin No. 25, volume 1 of the Proceedings of the IFC Conference on "Measuring the financial position of the household sector" August, 2006.
Working papers and other unpublished papers
Martina Menon & Federico Perali & Eva Sierminska, 2016. "An Asset-based Indicator of Well-being for a Unified Means Testing Tool: Money Metric or Counting Approach?," Working Papers 02/2016, University of Verona, Department of Economics. (or MENON Martina & PERALI Federico & SIERMINSKA Eva, 2016. "An Asset-based Indicator of Wellbeing for a Unified Means Testing Tool: Money Metric or Counting Approach?," LISER Working Paper Series 2016-09, LISER.)
"Impact of the Great Recession on Industry Unemployment: A 1976-2011 Comparison," with Y.Takhtamanova, IZA DP No.10340, Nov. 2016
"Housing Decisions, Family Types and Gender. A look across LIS countries " with Mariacristina Rossi, LIS working papers series - No. 654, December 2015 (or Mariacristina Rossi & Eva Sierminska, 2015. "Housing Decisions, Family Types and Gender: A Look across LIS Countries," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 815, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP))
"Single Again? Saving Patterns When Widowhood Occurs" with Mariacristina Rossi, Netspar Discussion Paper Series No 02/2015-004, February 2015.
“Single again? Asset and portfolio changes due to widowhood shock" with Mariacristina Rossi, CeRP, N° 146/14, Collegio Carlo Alberto, December 2014.
"Evaluating the Effect of Beauty on Labor Market Outcomes: A Review of the Literature," with Xing (Michelle) Liu, IZA Discussion Paper No. 8526, October 2014.
"Cross-National Differences in Wealth Portfolios at the Intensive Margin: Is There a Role for Policy?" with Karina Doorley, IZA Discussion Paper No. 8306, July 2014. (published)
"To Own or Not to Own? Household Portfolios, Demographics and Institutions in a Cross-National Perspective," with Karina Doorley, IZA Discussion Paper No. 7734, November 2013.
"Wealth distribution within couples and financial decision making," with Markus M. Grabka & Jan Marcus, IZA Discussion Paper No. 7637, October 2013, CEPS/INSTEAD Working Paper Series 2013-02, CEPS/INSTEAD.( or SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 540, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)), 2013. (published)
"Decomposing household wealth portfolios across countries: An age-old question?," CEPS/INSTEAD Working Paper Series 2012-32, CEPS/INSTEAD, 2012.
"Distributional Impact of the Great Recession on Industry Unemployment for 1976-2011," with Yelena Takhtamanova, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1233, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, 2012.
"Myth of Fact? The Beauty Premium across the Wage Distribution" with Karina Doorley, IZA Discussion Paper No. 6674, June 2012. (published)
"Beauty and the beast in the labor market: Evidence from a distribution regression approach" with Karina Doorley, CEPS Working Papers n°2011‐62 , December, 2011.
“The Immigrant/Native Wealth Gap in Germany, Italy and Luxembourg” with Thomas Mathae (BCL) and Alessandro Porpiglia (BCL), ECB Working Paper No. 1302, February 2011.
"Job flows,demographics and the great recession" with Yelena Takhtamanova (SF FRB), DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1042, August 2010 and CEPS/INSTEAD Working Paper No. 2010-41, December 2010. (published)
"Examining the Gender Wealth Gap in Germany" with Joachim Frick and Markus Grabka, IZA Discussion Paper No. 3573, June 2008.(published)
"Mortgage Market Maturity and Homeownership Inequality among Young Households: A Five-Country Perspective" with Alena Bicakova (CERGE-EI), DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 778, April 2008, and SOEP papers 90/2008 , February 2008.
"Older Women's Income and Wealth Packages in Cross-National Perspective" with T.Smeeding, J.Gornick, and Maurice Leach, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, CRR WP 2008-1, 2008. (published)
"Gender differences in the effect of monetary policy on employment: the case of nine OECD countries" with Yelena Takhtamanova (SF Federal Reserve Bank) IRISS Working Paper, 2008-04, 2008. (published)
“Homeownership Inequality and the Access to Credit Markets (Can Credit Availability Explain Cross-country Differences in the Inequality of Homeownership across Income of Young Households?) with Alena Bicakova (CERGE-EI), Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper No.5, 2007.
“Differences in the measurement and structure of wealth using alternative data sources: the case of the UK" with Zoe Oldfield (IFS). IFS Working Paper, W11/07, 2007. (published)
"Wealth Effects out of Financial and Housing Wealth: Cross-Country and Age Group Comparisons" with Yelena Takhtamanova, Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper No. 4, 2006 and Federal Reserve Bank SF Working Paper Series 2007-01, 2007. (published)
"Representative wealth data for Germany: The impact of methodological decisions around imputation and the choice of the aggregation unit” with Joachim Frick (DIW) and Markus Grabka (DIW), DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 672, March 2007.
“Survey Estimates of Wealth Holdings in OECD Countries: Evidence on the level and distribution across selected countries”with Markus Jäntti (Åbo Akademi U). UNU-WIDER Research Paper No. 2007/17.(published)
"First results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study"Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper No.1,2006.
"Cross National Comparison of Income and Wealth Status in Retirement: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study" with Andrea Brandolini (Banca d’Italia) and Tim Smeeding (Syracuse U.), Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, CRR WP 2007-03 and Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper No.2, 2006.
"Older Women’s Economic Security: the Four-Legged Stool in Cross-National Perspective" with J.Gornick, T.Munzi and T.Smeeding, Luxembourg Wealth Study Working Paper No.3, 2006.
"Cross-Country Income and Expenditure Distributions using the Luxembourg Income Study" with Thesia Garner (BLS), Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 380,March 2005.
“Measurement Issues in Wealth: Equivalence Scales, Accounting Framework, and Reference Unit” with Tim Smeeding, Prepared for the LWS Workshop:" Construction and Usage of Comparable Microdata on Wealth: the LWS” Perugia, Italy, 2005.
The Measurement of Housing Wealth: Conceptual Issues and Practice” with Andrea Neri (Banca d'Italia), Prepared for the LWS Workshop:”Construction and Usage of Comparable Microdata on Wealth: the LWS” Perugia, Italy, 2005.
“Female Income Differentials and Social Benefits: A Four Country Comparison" Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 377, 2004.
“Immigrants and State Clustering: The Effect of Welfare Benefits?,” Johns Hopkins University, unpublished manuscript, 2003.
“A Comparison of Income, Expenditures and Home Market Value Distributions using the Luxembourg Income Study data from the 1990s” with Thesia Garner (BLS), Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 338, 2002.
Publications to the general public
Doorley K. & Sierminska E. (2010), 'Identifying Beauty and the Beast in the Labour Market: Returns to Physical Appearance in Luxembourg' , Vivre au Luxembourg no.65, Chroniques de l’enquête PSELL-3/2007, CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg.
Sierminska, E.(2009),'The economic position of the elderly in Luxemburg in a cross-national perspective,' Vivre au Luxembourg no.59, Chroniques de l’enquête PSELL-3/2007, CEPS/INSTEAD, Differdange, Luxembourg.
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