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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...
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Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US : New Results
Bargain, Olivier - 2012
Europe …
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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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The Effect of Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates in Europe
Gonzalez, Libertad - 2006
increase in divorce rates across Europe. We use a quasi-experimental set-up and exploit the different timing of the reforms in … legal reforms account for about 20 percent of the increase in divorce rates in Europe between 1960 and 2002 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780480
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Health Risk Factors Among the Older European Populations : Personal and Country Effects
García-Muñoz, Teresa - 2014
2011 wave of the rich Survey of Health Aging and Retirement Europe (SHARE) is used for the exploration of the full spectrum …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045071
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Micro and Macro Determinants of Health : Older Immigrants in Europe
Constant, Amelie F. - 2015
We study the health determinants of immigrant men and women over the age of fifty, in Europe, and compare them to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030713
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109434
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Inequality in Mortality between Black and White Americans by Age, Place, and Cause, and in Comparison to Europe, 1990-2018
Schwandt, Hannes; Currie, Janet; Bär, Marlies; Banks, James - 2021
in the U.S. than in Europe. In 1990 White Americans and Europeans in rich areas had similar overall life expectancy …. European life expectancy also stalled after 2014. Still, the comparison with Europe suggests that mortality rates of both Black …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324558