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The Impact of Global Warming on Rural-Urban Migrations : Evidence from Global Big Data
Peri, Giovanni - 2019
This paper examines the impact of temperature changes on rural-urban migration using a 56km×56km grid cell level dataset covering the whole world at 10-year frequency during the period 1970-2000. We find that rising temperatures reduce rural-urban migration in poor countries and increase such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479679
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On the bilateral trade effects of free trade agreements between the EU-15 and the CEEC-4 countries
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2008
Agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. In this paper we focus on FTAs (also called European agreements) between the European Union (EU … with the EU was signed exceeded trade growth of the control group of countries which did not become members …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003769782
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The role of association agreements within European Union enlargement to Central and Eastern European countries
Rault, Christophe (contributor); Sova, Robert (contributor);  … - 2007
The main goal of regionalization is the creation of free trade areas and the guarantee for countries to accede to a widened market. Many studies dealing with the effects of regional free trade agreements on trade flows already exist in the economic literature and the explosion in the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003590825
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The transition from work to retirement
Eichhorst, Werner - 2011
The European Employment Strategy has set the goal of raising the retirement age of workers in the EU through a strategy … of "active ageing". Yet despite some progress over the last decade, empirical data show persistent diversity across EU … supranational policy initiatives and national politico-economic factors in shaping the transition from work to retirement in EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009229627
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The impact of the crisis on employment and the role of labour market institutions
Eichhorst, Werner; Escudero, Verónica; Marx, Paul; … - 2010
The paper takes a comparative perspective on the labour market impact on G20 and EU countries of the financial and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302183
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Peers' composition effects in the short and in the long run : college major, college performance and income
Anelli, Massimo; Peri, Giovanni - 2015
In this paper we use a newly constructed dataset following 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to labor market and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic performance and their labor market income. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283120
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The pass-through of exchange rate in the context of the European sovereign debt crisis
Cheikh, Nidhaleddine Ben; Rault, Christophe - 2015
This paper investigates whether exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) into import prices is a nonlinear phenomenon for five heavily indebted Euro area countries, namely the so-called GIIPS group (Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain). Using logistic smooth transition models, we explore the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376318
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A European perspective on long‐term unemployment
Eichhorst, Werner; Neder, Franziska; Tobsch, Verena; … - 2015
In contrast to the recently decreasing unemployment rates in the EU, long-term unemployment remains at alarming levels … the EU. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333578
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What happens to the careers of European workers when immigrants "take their jobs"?
Cattaneo, Cristina; Fiorio, Carlo V.; Peri, Giovanni - 2013
In this paper we use a dataset that follows a representative sample of native Europeans, resident of 11 countries, over the period 1995-2001, in order to identify the effect of inflows of immigrants on their career, employment, location and wage. We use the 1991 distribution of immigrants by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721330
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How to combine the entry of young people in the labour market with the retention of older workers?
Eichhorst, Werner; Boeri, Tito; De Coen, An; Galasso, … - 2013
This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting …. Structural or general policies to enhance the functioning of EU labour markets are crucial to improving the situation of both … Union, although initiatives taken at the EU level can provide added value, particularly through stimulating the exchange of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228786