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Equality of Opportunity and Redistribution in Europe
Dunnzlaff, Lina - 2010
-Saxon countries. For Eastern Europe, our results are less definite. Looking at the impact of the tax and benefit schemes in the EU, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134930
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Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences : Evidence for Europe and the US
Bargain, Olivier - 2011
Following the report of the Stiglitz Commission, measuring and comparing well-being across countries has gained renewed interest. Yet, analyses that go beyond income and incorporate non-market dimensions of welfare most often rely on the assumption of identical preferences to avoid the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118277
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Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US
Bargain, Olivier - 2011
Despite numerous studies on labor supply, the size of elasticities is rarely comparable across countries. In this paper, we suggest the first large-scale international comparison of elasticities, while netting out possible differences due to methods, data selection and the period of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122959
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Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US : New Results
Bargain, Olivier - 2012
Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103467
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Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States 2006–2016
Jauer, Julia - 2018
-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour … market shocks. Based on fixed-effects regressions using regional panel data, we find that Europe's migratory response to … measured population changes in Europe were due to migration for employment purposes – i.e. an upper-bound estimate – up to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926723
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Automatic Stabilizers and Economic Crisis : US Vs. Europe
Dolls, Mathias - 2009
in Eastern and Southern Europe are much lower than in Central and Northern European countries. We also investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157746
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Long-Term Changes in Married Couples' Labor Supply and Taxes : Evidence from the US and Europe Since the 1980s
Bick, Alexander - 2018
We document the time-series of employment rates and hours worked per employed by married couples in the US and seven European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the UK) from the early 1980s through 2016. Relying on a model of joint household labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910734
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Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States
Jauer, Julia - 2014
new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … in Europe.Indeed, in contrast to the pre-crisis situation and the findings of previous empirical studies, there is … tentative evidence that the migration response to the crisis has been considerable in Europe, in contrast to the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059674
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Hours Worked in Europe and the US : New Data, New Answers
Bick, Alexander - 2016
Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983896