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Reduction of employment protection in Europe : a comparative fuzzy-set analysis
Ochel, Wolfgang; Rohwer, Anja - 2009
by relaxing it for temporary jobs. These countries are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands …, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The article explores the conditions of the reduction of employment protection and takes a closer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897340
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Convergence of monetary transmission in EMU new evidence
Toolsema-Veldman, Linda Adriana; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; … - 2001
whether there is convergence in monetary transmission. The countries included are: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the … Netherlands and Spain, and the sample period is 1980-2000. We conclude that major differences in pass-through exist in our sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398432
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Crowdsourced innovation : how community managers affect crowd activities
Hornuf, Lars; Jeworrek, Sabrina - 2018 - This version: July 10, 2018
In this study, we investigate whether and to what extent community managers in online collaborative communities can stimulate crowd activities through their engagement. Using a novel data set of 22 large online idea crowdsourcing campaigns, we find that active engagement of community managers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011877762
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Tax evasion, welfare fraud, and “the broken windows” effect : an experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands
Lefebvre, Mathieu; Pestieau, Pierre; Riedl, Arno; … - 2011
In a series of experiments conducted in Belgium (Wallonia and Flanders), France and the Netherlands, we compare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009012189
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Two-tier labor markets in the great recession : France vs. Spain
Bentolila, Samuel; Cahuc, Pierre; Dolado, Juan J.; Le … - 2010
This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We … contracts and the less restrictive rules regarding the use of the latter contracts in Spain. Using a calibrated search and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008757525
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Immigration and the distribution of incomes
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2013
Immigration may impact income distribution both by affecting the skill composition of a country's residents, and, by changing relative factor supplies, its relative factor prices. We provide some background evidence on compositional factors but focus primarily on factor prices. We first consider...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227178
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State intervention on the market for natural damage insurance in Europe
Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas von - 2003
, Spain, France, Switzerland and Germany. We then draw conclusions, how the market for insurance against natural disasters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011511057
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Historical analysis of national subjective wellbeing using millions of digitized books
Hills, Thomas; Proto, Eugenio; Sgroi, Daniel - 2016
from millions of digitized books for the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. While existing measures go back at most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476047
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Wind of change? : experimental survey evidence on the COVID-19 shock and socio-political attitudes in Europe
Daniele, Gianmarco; Martinangeli, Andrea F. M.; … - 2020
well as our broader (policy) attitudes and values. We fielded large online survey experiments in Italy, Spain, Germany and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263741
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Public infrastructure and regional resilience : evidence from the 1918 Spanish flu in Germany
Foertsch, Mona; Rösel, Felix - 2023
Can public infrastructure help regions to mitigate large shocks? We examine how hospital infrastructure contributes to regional resilience in the event of serious health emergencies. During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, four out of every 1,000 Germans died. We find lower influenza mortality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014383771