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Analyzing the Agenda of the U.K. Parliament Over the Long Run
Hanlon, W. Walker - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This article develops a method for quantitatively tracking the agenda of the British Parliament--by which I mean the substantive topics on which Parliamentary debate was focused--from 1810-2005 using descriptions of 1.7 million Parliamentary debates from the Parliamentary Hansard. This provides...
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The Female Happiness Paradox
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Using data across countries and over time we show that women are unhappier than men in unhappiness and negative affect equations, irrespective of the measure used - anxiety, depression, fearfulness, sadness, loneliness, anger - and they have more days with bad mental health and more restless...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172192
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The Scots may be Brave but They are Neither Healthy Nor Happy
Bell, David - 2006
On almost all measures of physical health, Scots fare worse than residents of any other region of the UK and often worse than the rest of Europe. Deaths from chronic liver disease and lung cancer are particularly prevalent in Scotland. The self-assessed wellbeing of Scots is lower than that of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466760
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Cross-Country Inequality Trends
Acemoglu, Daron - 2002
The economics profession has made considerable progress in understanding the increase in wage inequality in the U.S. and the UK over the past several decades, but currently lacks a consensus on why inequality did not increase, or increased much less, in (continental) Europe over the same time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469883
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The Rise of the Low Carbon Consumer City
Holian, Matthew J. - 2013
Urban density both facilitates consumption opportunities and encourages individuals to drive less and walk and use public transit more. Using several data sets, we document that high quality of life consumer center cities are low carbon cities. We discuss possible causal channels for this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459927
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Przyszłość Unii Europejskiej : Polski punkt widzenia : the Polish point of view
Barcz, Jan (ed.); Żukrowska, Kytarzyna (contributor) - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001614077
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From Bismarck to Maastricht : The March to European Union and the Labor Compact
Krueger, Alan B. - 2000
, despite increased economic integration in Europe, countries will still be able to maintain distinct labor practices if they … integration will place on the labor compact. Evidence is presented suggesting that labor mobility among EU countries has not … finding suggests that increased economic integration and European Monetary Union could lead to greater demand for social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471320
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Aggregate Implications of Firm Heterogeneity : A Nonparametric Analysis of Monopolistic Competition Trade Models
Adão, Rodrigo - 2020
the gains from trade in countries with more exporter firms and the welfare gains of European market integration in 2003-2012 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482300
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The European Union, the Euro, and Equity Market Integration
Bekaert, Geert - 2010
equity market integration in Europe. We use a simple and essentially model free measure of bilateral market segmentation: two … even after we control for several possible channels of integration, such as bilateral trade, direct investment positions … the Euro adoption has minimal effects on market integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462074
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Has the European Union Achieved a Single Pharmaceutical Market?
Timur, Aysegul - 2010
This paper explores price differences in the European Union (EU) pharmaceutical market, the EU's fifth largest industry. With the aim of enhancing quality of life along with industry competitiveness and R&D capability, many EU directives have been adopted to achieve a single EU-wide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462395