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The Nordic EFTA Countries' Options: Seeking Community Membership or a Permanent EEA-Accord

Hamilton, Carl B - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

Beyond `1992' the EFTA countries face the choice between a permanent European Economic Area (EEA) accord, and seeking full membership of the European Community. The paper analyses this choice, focusing on the Nordic EFTA countries.

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The Brain Drain: Some Evidence from European Expatriates in the US

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper uses US Census data from 1990 and 2000 to provide evidence on the labour market characteristics of European-born workers living in the US. It is found that there is a positive wage premium associated with these workers, and that the highly skilled are over-represented compared with...

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Scylla and Charybdis. Explaining Europe’s Exit from Gold, January 1928- December 1936

Wolf, Nikolaus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

The paper examines the timing of exit from the interwar gold-exchange standard for a panel of European countries, based on monthly data over the period January 1928 - December 1936. I show that the decision of exit from gold can be understood in terms of a trade-off between a quite limited set...

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The Political Economy of Monetary Union in Europe

De Grauwe, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993

The Maastricht transition strategy towards monetary union is based on the idea that the transition strategy should be gradual, and that entry into the union should be conditional on the fulfilment of convergence criteria. It is argued in this paper that this approach is not based on an economic...

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Productivity, Wages and Prices Inside and Outside of Manufacturing in the US, Japan and Europe

Gordon, Robert J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1986

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

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Quantifying Quantitative Literacy: Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital

A'Hearn, Brian; Baten, Jörg; Crayen, Dorothee - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Western Europe had already diverged from the East and reached high numeracy levels by 1600, long before the rise of mass …

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Does 1992 Come Before or After 1990? On Regional Versus Multilateral Integration

Sapir, André - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1989

, the completion of Europe's domestic market could exert a profound influence on nonmember countries. This paper examines …

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Monetary Union, Trade Integration, and Business Cycles in 19th Century Europe: Just Do It

Flandreau, Marc; Maurel, Mathilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

, focusing on Europe in the late 19th century period as a guide for modern debates. For this purpose, we first estimate a gravity …

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Unemployment Dynamics of the 'Mezzogiornos of Europe': Lessons for the Mezzogiorno of Italy

Basile, Roberto; Schioppa, Padoa; Kostoris, Fiorella - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

rates in Europe. It is, however, unclear which features characterise the South of Italy compared to other Peripheral areas … carries out a comparative analysis of unemployment rates of the different ‘Mezzogiornos of Europe’. Finally, some policy …

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Wages and Unemployment Half a Century on

Minford, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

The paper surveys recent analyses of rising unemployment in Europe based on the concept of the natural rate. It argues …

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