contemporary labor issues in North America and Europe, from reserve rules and free agency, high levels of player pay and work …

. Results are presented for the U. S., Japan, and an aggregate called "Europe" consisting of eleven European economies. The … primary theme of the paper is that differences between Europe and the U. S. have been substantially exaggerated in recent work …. Europe has neither greater nominal wage flexibility nor more rigid real wages than the U. S. Evidence that the U. S. exhibits …

We analyze the effect of fertility on income per capita with a particular focus on the experience of Europe. For …

worked and tax rates in three sets of economies: the US, Continental Europe and Scandinavia. While tax rates are highest in … Scandinavia, hours worked in Scandinavia are significantly higher than they are in Continental Europe. I argue that differences in …

worked in Europe decline by almost 45% compared to the US over this period. This change is almost an order of magnitude … mid 1970s. Third, the decline in hours worked in Europe is almost entirely accounted for by the fact that Europe develops …

the U.S. and Europe. Another popular view is that these differences are explained by long-standing European "culture," but … the U.S. and Europe. These policies do not seem to have increased employment, but they may have had a more society …

predictions of our simple model are consistent with the contrasting performance of the labor market in Europe and US in terms of … the economy with unemployment insurance (Europe). As a result, unemployment doubles in this economy. In the laissez …