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The determinants of immigrants’ skill composition
Karapınar Kocağ, Esra; Li, Yutong; Popescu, Cristina … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 9, pp. 1-18
Movements of labor across the world is an ongoing debate in the literature in terms of its drivers and results in sending and receiving areas. Skill composition of immigrant labor has been discussed by several papers, although they generally focused on visa policies or firm level productivity....
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In Europe we trust?
Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Haas, Jasmina - 2016
The decrease in the rule of law and in control of corruption in several EU countries is a threat to the cohesion in the EU. Brexit has reinforced the centrifugal forces in the EU. To counter this threat the EU needs to engage in unpopular measures as they infringe on the Member States'...
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Can the university save Europe?
Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2012
Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009561436
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Sovereign Debt Markets in Turbulent Times: Creditor Discrimination and Crowding-Out Effects
Broner, Fernando A; Erce, Aitor; Martin, Alberto; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
key ingredients: creditor discrimination and crowding-out effects. Creditor discrimination arises because, in turbulent …
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Immigration and Innovation in European Regions
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
size, skills, and diversity of immigration on the innovativeness of host regions. For this purpose we construct a panel of … data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by …'s restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a function of regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003950
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Immigration and innovation in European regions
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011
size, skills, and diversity of immigration on the innovativeness of host regions. For this purpose we construct a panel of … data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by …'s restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a function of regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278447
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Can the economic impact of political decentralisation be measured?
Ezcurra, Roberto; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper examines whether, given the increasing salience of subnational governments, political decentralisation has an impact on overall economic performance. It uses panel data analyses in order to determine the association between a number of the different indices of political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854514
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The Economics of Secession – Analysing the economic impact of the collapse of the former Yugoslavia
Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Stermsek, Marko - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
This paper looks at the economic impact of secession through the lens of the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. It uses an econometric analysis covering the period between 1956 and 2011 – including a series of factors linked to the independence process, socioeconomic and structural...
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Explaining Happiness Trends in Europe
Easterlin, Richard A.; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2023
In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296648
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The impact of economic freedom on economic growth? : new European dynamic panel evidence
Brkić, Ivana; Gradojevic, Nikola; Ignjatijević, Svetlana - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 2/36, pp. 1-13
This paper analyzes the impact of economic freedom along with traditional economic factors on economic growth for a panel of European countries. The growth of the gross domestic product was observed over a twenty-year time period on a sample of 43 developing and developed countries. Based on a...
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