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NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2005

Frankel, Jeffrey A. (ed.); … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2007

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Rosen, Sherwin - 2000

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

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Unemployment vs. Mismatch of Talents : Reconsidering Unemployment Benefits

Marimon, Ramon - 1997

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 …

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The Economic Consequences of Parental Leave Mandates : Lessons from Europe

Ruhm, Christopher J. - 1996

This study investigates the economic consequences of parental leave mandates using data for 16 European countries over the 1969 through 1988 period. Since women use virtually all of the family leave in most nations, men constitute a reasonable comparison group and the natural experiment in most...

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Technology, Unemployment, and Relative Wages in a Global Economy

Davis, Donald R. - 1996

the unskilled. By contrast, in Europe it is undoubtedly the rise and persistence of unemployment. Technology has been …

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The GATT's Contribution to Economic Recovery in Post-War Western Europe

Irwin, Douglas A. - 1994

(GATT) in promoting economic recovery and growth in Europe in the decade after World War II. The formation of the GATT does …

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Princes and Merchants : European City Growth before the Industrial Revolution

De Long, J. Bradford - 1993

As measured by the pace of city growth in western Europe from 1000 to 1800. absolutist monarchs stunted the growth of …

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Productivity, Wages, and Prices Inside and Outside of Manufacturing in the U.S., Japan, and Europe

Gordon, Robert J. - 1986

. 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 …

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Demographic Obstacles to European Growth

Cooley, Thomas F. - 2019

Since the early 1990's the growth rates of the four largest European economies--France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom--have slowed. This persistent slowdown suggests a low-frequency structural change is at work. A combination of longer individual life expectancies and declining...

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Choosing between Growth and Glory

Belenzon, Sharon - 2018

Prior work has established that the financing environment can impact firm strategy. We argue that this influence can shape the earliest strategic choices of a new venture by creating a potential tradeoff between two objectives: rapid growth and reaping the benefits of a positive reputation...

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