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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...
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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...
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capital markets have become more integrated. In this paper, I ask what this integration and its resulting higher correlation …
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, 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 …
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the gains from trade in countries with more exporter firms and the welfare gains of European market integration in 2003-2012 …
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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 …
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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...
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A common European bond would yield a common European Monetary Union risk free rate. We present tentative estimates of this common risk free for the European Monetary Union countries from 2004 to 2009 using variables motivated by a theoretical portfolio selection model. First, we analyze the...
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Although recent research shows that the euro has spurred cross-border financial integration, the exact mechanisms … remain unknown. We investigate the underlying channels of the euro's effect on financial integration using data on bilateral … euro's impact on financial integration is primarily driven by eliminating the currency risk. Legislative …
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