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Trade as a wage disciplining device
Persyn, Damiaan (contributor) - 2008
We estimate how trade openness affects the relationship between wages, labour productivity and foreign wages using sector-level time series for several EU member states. In some countries wages became less responsive to foreign wages as trade costs declined. We show this counter-intuitive result...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771050
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Europe agreements and trade balance : evidence from four new EU members
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2011
Estimation Pooled - Hausman-Taylor (CCEPHT, Serlenga and Shin, 2007) are applied to analyse the effects of the agreement variable …. Our estimation results indicate a positive and significant impact of EA on trade flows. However, there is an asymmetric …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009296317
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The over-education wage penalty among PhD holders : a European perspective
Rycx, François; Santosuosso, Giulia; Vermeylen, Guillaume - 2022
While the literature on the incidence and wage effects of over-education is substantial, specific results for doctoral graduates are surprisingly scarce. This article aims to fill this gap, not only by measuring the prevalence of over-educated PhD holders in Europe (i.e. in EU Member States and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013275384
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How deep is your love? : a quantitative spatial analysis of the transatlantic trade partnership
Krebs, Oliver; Pflüger, Michael - 2015
This paper explores the quantitative consequences of transatlantic trade liberalization envisioned in a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union. Our key innovation is to develop a new quantitative spatial trade model and to use an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516481
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Openness and human capital as sources of productivity growth : an empirical investigation from the MENA countries
Haouas, Ilham (contributor); Yagoubi, Mahmoud (contributor) - 2005
This paper investigates the impact of openness to trade and higher levels of human capital on the economies of some MENA countries. To answer the question: whether either human capital or openness can be shown to cause productivity, we use panel data on 16 countries spanning the 1965-2000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002549383
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Loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from five European countries
Lepinteur, Anthony; Rebechi, Alessio; Clark, Andrew E.; … - 2024
We use quarterly panel data from the COME-HERE survey covering five European countries to analyse three facets of the experience of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, in terms of prevalence, loneliness peaked in April 2020, followed by a U-shape pattern in the rest of 2020, and then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015046159
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Consequences of Brexit and Options for a 'Global Britain'
Brakman, Steven - 2017
The United Kingdom has opted to leave the European Union. The trade and welfare consequences of this decision are large; most studies predict a trade and welfare loss for both the UK and the EU. The UK parliament has indicated that it aims for new and ambitious trade agreements following Brexit,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955285
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Regionalism in West Africa: do polar countries reap the benefits? : A role for migration
Konseiga, Adama (contributor) - 2005
In the present globalization era an increasing attention is paid to the ambiguous relationship between international …) and highlighted the size of the brain loss toward Côte d'Ivoire and France. Burkina Faso shows a more severe brain drain … France. The subsequent empirical strategy consists in comparing the growth performance of an economy without migration to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002659526
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The impact of growth, labour cost and working time on employment : lessons from the French experience
L'Horty, Yannick (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001790857
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Immigrants and unemployment in the European Community : from the eyes of natives
Gang, Ira N.; Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002 - November 1999 (revised: May 2002)
This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the European Union. Earlier papers measure the presence of immigrants in the local labor market by computing the share of the foreigners in specific regions. This paper, instead, utilizes...
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