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Identifying labour market dynamics using labour force survey data

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This paper evaluates the appropriateness of the standard methodologies and the quality of the data frequently used to analyse labour market dynamics in Europe. Our results indicate that, due to recall error and heterogeneous survey design, the retrospective approach tends to result in a...

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Is Poland the next Spain?

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The evolution of economic convergence in the European Union

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important insights on the economic catch-up exhibited by the new EU members in light of the institutional changes and … convergence in the EU, however, we identify subgroups that converge to different steady states using an iterative testing … suggests a clear separation between the new and old EU member states in the long run. …

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Optimal sovereign default

Adam, Klaus; Grill, Michael - 2013

When is it optimal for a government to default on its legal repayment obligations? We answer this question for a small open economy with domestic production risk in which contracting frictions make it optimal for the government to finance itself by issuing non-contingent debt. We show that...

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Intergenerational transfers and wealth in the Euro-area : the relevance of inheritances and gifts in absolute and relative terms

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Why do girls' and boys’ gender-(a)typical occupational aspirations differ across countries? : how cultural norms and institutional constraints shape young adolescents' occupational preferences

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aspirations of 15-yearold pupils in 29 EU and OECD countries. Based on socialization and rational choice approaches we develop …

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National economic impacts of an EU environmental policy : an applied general equilibrium analysis

Conrad, Klaus; Schmidt, Tobias F. N. - 1995

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The IMF to the rescue : did the euro area benefit from the fund's experience in crisis fighting?

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The paper analyses how the IMF brought its experience gained in emerging market sovereign debt crises in the troika’s handling of the euro crisis. We link models of multiple equilibria with the IMF's experience made in Latin American crises in the 2000s. We examine subsequent changes in the...

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The importance of EU cohesion policy for economic growth and convergence

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prevailing disparities. The impact of EU Cohesion Policy in reducing disparities is studied based on the empirical evidence on … the effects of EU regional policy. With more than thirty years of experience, several important conclusions can be drawn … about the effectiveness and efficiency of place-based transfers in Europe. While EU regional policy has not completely …

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