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Drawing upon data from the largest cross-country study of labor market concentration to date, this paper analyzes the level of concentration of labor input markets in Europe and North America and provides a comparative perspective on employers' monopsony power. It explores the characteristics of...
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Using data on the US and EU top R&D spenders from 2004 until 2012, this paper investigates the sources of the US/EU … in the high-tech industries), and this contributes to explaining the higher productivity of US firms. Conversely, EU …-tech sectors. Our results also show that the US/EU productivity gap has worsened during the crisis period, as the EU companies have …
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This paper quantifies the extent of heterogeneity in consumption responses to changes in real interest rates and house prices in the four largest economies in the euro area: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We first calibrate a life-cycle incomplete-markets model with a financial asset and...
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Das Update 2016 des EU-Nachhaltigkeitsrankings der Stiftung Marktwirtschaft und des Forschungszentrums … Generationenverträge der Universität Freiburg analysiert die Gesamtverschuldung der EU-Mitgliedsländer, deren Entwicklung im Vergleich zum …
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countries measured by data from EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). We find that institutions never …
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Auch wenn die europäischen Finanzen und die Haushaltslage der EU-Mitgliedstaaten nicht mehr das beherrschende Thema in … Anstieg der öffentlichen Ausgaben für Renten, Gesundheit und Pflege in der EU setzen die Mitgliedstaaten weiterhin unter … Finanzen der EU-Mitgliedstaaten auf Basis aktuell vorliegender Finanz- und Wirtschaftsdaten ... …
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We compute participation tax rates across the EU and find that work disincentives inherent in tax-benefit systems …
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We develop a simple search equilibrium model of workplace training and education based on two features. First, investment in education improves job-related learning skills and reduces training costs burdened by firms. Second, firms with vacant skilled job slots can choose between recruitment...
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vulnerability ; EU accession …
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