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Environmental regulation and competitiveness : evidence from Romania

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2010

According to the pollution haven hypotheses differences in environmental regulation affect trade flows and plant location. Specifically, environmental stringency should decrease exports and increase imports of "dirty" goods. This paper estimates a gravity model to establish whether the...

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On the bilateral trade effects of free trade agreements between the EU-15 and the CEEC-4 countries

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2008

Agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. In this paper we focus on FTAs (also called European agreements) between the European Union (EU … with the EU was signed exceeded trade growth of the control group of countries which did not become members …

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Happy hosts? : international tourist arrivals and residents' subjective well-being in Europe

Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2016

While there has been a growing interest in the relationship between perceived tourism impacts and residents' quality of life, little is known about how residents' well-being is affected by actual tourist arrivals. This paper studies the effect of international tourist arrivals on the subjective...

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Minimum wage systems and earnings inequalities : does institutional diversity matter?

Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2014

This paper explores how the diversity of minimum wage systems affects earnings inequalities within European countries. It relies on the combination of (a) harmonized micro-data from household surveys, (b) data on national statutory minimum wages and coverage rates, and (c) hand-collected...

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Europe agreements and trade balance : evidence from four new EU members

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2011

This paper analyses the trade balance effects of Europe agreements (EA) between the EU-15 and four new EU members from …

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Local-level immigration and life satisfaction : the EU enlargement experience in England and Wales

Ivlevs, Artjoms; Veliziotis, Michail - 2015

The 2004 European Union enlargement resulted in an unprecedented wave of 1.5 million workers relocating from Eastern Europe to the UK. We study how this migrant inflow affected life satisfaction of native residents in England and Wales. Combining the British Household Panel Survey with the Local...

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Are there gender and country of origin differences in immigrant labor market outcomes across European destinations?

Adserà, Alícia (contributor); … - 2004

those in Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg or Spain the worst, particularly among non-EU born migrants. Gender differences are … those in Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg or Spain the worst, particularly among non-EU born migrants. Gender differences are …

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Educational and skills mismatches : unravelling their effects on wages across Europe

Cultrera, Loredana; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2022

This paper is among the firsts to investigate the impact of overeducation and overskilling on workers' wages using a unique pan-European database covering twenty-eight countries for the year 2014, namely the CEDEFOP's European Skills and Jobs (ESJ) survey. Overall, the results suggest a wage...

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Sharp teeth or empty mouths? : revisiting the minimum wage bite with sectoral data

Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2013

The paper explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral-level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 European countries and information from more than 1100...

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To Europe or not to Europe? : migration and public support for joining the European Union in the Western Balkans

Ivlevs, Artjoms; King, Roswitha Maria - 2019

For decades, countries aspiring to join the European Union (EU) have been linked to it through migration. Yet little is … known about how migration affects individual support for joining the EU in prospective member states. We explore the … relationship between migration and support for EU accession in the Western Balkans. Using data from the Gallup Balkan Monitor …

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