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Books are Forever : Early Life Conditions, Education and Lifetime Income

Brunello, Giorgio - 2012

In this paper we estimate the effect of education on lifetime earnings in Europe, by distinguishing between individuals …

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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States

García-Muñoz, Teresa - 2012

sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …

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Trends in Economic Research : An International Perspective

Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2010

of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …

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Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of European Females

Brunello, Giorgio - 2010

We use the compulsory school reforms implemented in European countries after the II World War to investigate the causal effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV estimates suggest that years of schooling have a...

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Corporate R&D and Firm Efficiency : Evidence from Europe’s Top R&D Investors

Kumbhakar, Subal - 2010

The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate R&D activities on firms' performance, measured by labour productivity. To this end, the stochastic frontier technique is applied, basing the analysis on a unique unbalanced longitudinal dataset consisting of 532 top...

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Mortgage Indebtedness and Household Financial Distress

Georgarakos, Dimitris - 2010

Using comparable survey data from twelve European countries we investigate households' attitudes towards mortgage indebtedness. We find that a given debt burden creates much higher distress in Southern countries, France and Belgium, where fewer households have a mortgage outstanding relative to...

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Happiness in Europe : Cross-Country Differences in the Determinants of Subjective Well-Being

Pedersen, Peder J. - 2009

The purpose in the present paper is to use individual panel data in the European Community Household Panel to analyse the impact on self-reported satisfaction from a number of economic and demographic variables. The paper contributes to the ongoing discussion of the relationship between life...

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The Americanization of European Higher Education and Research

Borghans, Lex - 2009

Over the past two decades there has been a substantial increase in the mobility of students in Europe, while also … higher education in Europe and investigate potential explanations for the strong increase in its international orientation …

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The Effects of International Migration on the Well-Being of Native Populations in Europe

Betz, William - 2013

With worldwide migration becoming increasingly prevalent in policy agendas over the past several decades, understanding the effects that migrants have on a host country's population continues to be an important research agenda. There is a large literature documenting the effects that migrants...

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The European Crisis and Migration to Germany : Expectations and the Diversion of Migration Flows

Bertoli, Simone - 2013

The analysis of how the economic crisis in Europe has reshaped migration flows faces two challenges: (i) the …

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