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An econometric analysis of emission allowance prices
Paolella, Marc S.; Taschini, Luca - In: Journal of banking & finance 32 (2008) 10, pp. 2022-2032
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778574
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Fertility and female employment dynamics in Europe : the effect of using alternative econometric modeling assumptions
Michaud, Pierre-Carl (contributor);  … - 2008
We investigate the direct and long-run effects of fertility on employment in Europe estimating dynamic models of labor supply under different assumptions regarding the exogeneity of fertility and modeling assumptions related to initial conditions, unobserved heterogeneity and serial correlation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779036
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Competition versus efficiency : what drives franchise values in European banking?
De Jonghe, Olivier; Vander Vennet, Rudi - In: Journal of banking & finance 32 (2008) 9, pp. 1820-1835
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003774772
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The roots of low European employment : family culture?
Algan, Yann (contributor); Cahuc, Pierre (contributor) - 2005
OECD countries faced largely divergent employment rates during the last decades. But the whole bulk of the cross-national and cross-temporal heterogeneity relies on specific demographic groups: prime-age women and younger and older individuals. This paper argues that family labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003155692
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Explaining cross-border large-value payment flows : evidence from TARGET and EURO1 data
Rosatti, Simonetta; Secola, Stefania - In: Journal of banking & finance 30 (2006) 6, pp. 1753-1782
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328737
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Why are more redistributive social security systems smaller? : A median voter approach
Köthenbürger, Marko (contributor);  … - 2005
We suggest a political economy explanation for the stylized fact that intragenerationally more redistributive social security systems are smaller. We relate the stylized fact to an "efficiency-redistribution" trade-off to be resolved by political process. The inefficiency of social security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280758
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Youth emancipation and perceived job insecurity of parents and children
Becker, Sascha O.; Bentolila, Samuel; Fernandes, Ana; … - 2005
The age at which children leave the parental home differs considerably across countries. In this paper we argue that lower job insecurity of parents and higher job insecurity of children delay emancipation. We provide aggregate evidence which supports this hypothesis for 12 European countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280829
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Welfare migration in Europe and the cost of a harmonised social assistance
De Giorgi, Giacomo (contributor);  … - 2006
the actual implementation of this system would be politically problematic. -- EU enlargement ; migration ; welfare state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310966
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Unequal pay or unequal employment? : A cross-country analysis of gender gaps
Olivetti, Claudia (contributor);  … - 2006
explore this idea across the US and EU by estimating gender gaps in potential wages. We recover information on wages for those … small in the US, the UK and most central and northern EU countries, and becomes sizeable in Ireland, France and southern EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003332302
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Migration in an enlarged EU : a challenging solution?
Kahanec, Martin (contributor);  … - 2008
analysis of the available literature and empirical evidence shows that (i) EU enlargement had a significant impact on migration … hard to detect, (iv) post-enlargement migration contributes to growth prospects of the EU, (v) these immigrants are … out the difficulties that restrictions on the free movement of workers bring about. -- Migration ; migration effects ; EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793577