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TTIP and intra-European trade: boon or bane?
Aichele, Rahel; Heiland, Inga; Felbermayr, Gabriel - 2016
and lowered non-tariff barriers. This has led to trade creation within Europe and to trade diversion between EU countries … heterogeneity across sectors and countries. To avoid the political costs associated with weaker intra-EU ties, Europe should deepen …
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Why do students expect to stay longer in college? : evidence from Europe
Brunello, Giorgio; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2002
We investigate the expected college completion time of European college students by using data from a survey of more than 3000 students in 10 countries. We explain observed excess time to graduation by paying special attention to labor market variables, such as unemployment, wage differentials...
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Is childcare bad for the mental health of grandparents? : evidence from SHARE
Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2016
We estimate the causal effects of regular and occasional grandchild care on the depression of grandmothers and grandfathers, using data from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and an instrumental variables strategy which exploits the variation in the timing of interviews...
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Sorting it out : technical barriers to trade and industry productivity
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Jung, Benjamin - 2008
Trade economists traditionally study the effect of lower variable trade costs. While increasingly important politically, technical barriers to trade (TBTs) have received less attention. Viewing TBTs as fixed regulatory costs related to the entry into export markets, we use a model with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347048
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The redistributive and stabilising effects of an EMU unemployment benefit scheme under different hypothetical unemployment scenarios
Jara, H. Xavier; Tumino, Alberto; Sutherland, Holly - 2015
The idea of a common unemployment benefit system for the European Monetary Union (EMU) has provoked increasing interest in both the political and academic spheres because of its potential to smooth fluctuations in income across member states and to strengthen income security for the unemployed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449152
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The importance of income-tested benefits in good times and bad : lessons from EU countries
Leventi, Chrysa; Rastrigina, Olga; Sutherland, Holly - 2016
distribution is also examined. We compare the situation in 2009 with that in 2014 (or 2013) for fifteen EU Member States … those in strong recovery by 2014. As EU-SILC micro-data containing household income for 2013 or 2014 are not available yet …, standard EUROMOD routines are enhanced with additional adjustments to the EU-SILC based input data in order to take into …
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Market failures and the under-provision of training
Brunello, Giorgio; De Paola, Maria - 2004
This paper reviews both the theoretical underpinnings and the empirical evidence in support of the under-provision of training. While there is little if any evidence in support of underprovision because of liquidity constraints to the demand side of the market, there is evidence that employers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451049
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Education as a tool for the economic integration of migrants
De Paola, Maria; Brunello, Giorgio - 2016
We examine the role of education in fostering the economic integration of immigrants. Although immigrants in Europe are – on average – slightly less educated than native individuals, there is a large heterogeneity across countries. We discuss evidence on student performance in international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455647
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The trade effects of border controls : evidence from the European Schengen Agreement
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Gröschl, Jasmin Katrin; … - 2016
The Schengen Agreement has guaranteed unchecked travel across internal EU borders since 1995. Has it also facilitated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455888
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What do we really know about the transatlantic current account?
Braml, Martin T.; Felbermayr, Gabriel - 2019
Do the U.S. have a current account surplus or a deficit with the EU? Since 2009, official sources disagree: The U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051883