key ingredients: creditor discrimination and crowding-out effects. Creditor discrimination arises because, in turbulent …

discrimination. Using data collected in the 1980 Women and Employment Survey, we find that women's wages would be between 20 and 25 … per cent higher in the absence of discrimination. This is somewhat higher than previous estimates have indicated. …

We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and … as `flexible' as the UK labour market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration. …

in Europe by 1999. The adoption of a single currency is shown to be the best available option following the …

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

markets in Europe, and some people have argued that it has induced a convergence in industrial structures across countries … time period 1994 to 1998, we do not find strong evidence for ‘convergence’ in manufacturing in Europe. ‘Full’ convergence …

We study a model of intra-European trade flows and trade between Europe and the rest of the world for 29 manufacturing …