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Does a renewable fuel standard for biofuels reduce climate costs?
Greaker, Mads; Hoel, Michael; Rosendahl, Knut Einar - 2014
Recent literature on biofuels has questioned whether biofuels policies are likely to reduce the negative effects of climate change. In this paper we make two contributions to the literature. First, we study the market effects of a renewable fuel standard in a dynamic model taking into account...
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Labor market policies, institutions and employment rates in the EU-27
Rovelli, Riccardo (contributor); Bruno, Randolph (contributor) - 2008
We compare labor market policies, institutions and outcomes for the EU member states, for the period 2000-2005. We … document the main differences in Labor Market Policies across EU members, including new member states after 2004. We focus on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716540
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Local social capital and geographical mobility : some empirics and a conjecture on the nature of European unemployment
David, Quentin (contributor); Janiak, Alexandre (contributor) - 2008
European labor markets are characterized by the low geographical mobility of workers. The absence of mobility is a factor behind high unemployment when jobless people prefer to remain in their home region rather than to go prospecting in more dynamic areas. In this paper, we attempt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003752852
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Employment protection reforms, employment and the incidence of temporary jobs in Europe: 1995 - 2001
Kahn, Lawrence M. (contributor) - 2007
Using European Community Household Panel data for nine countries for 1996-2001, I investigate the impact of reforms of employment protection systems on employment and on temporary jobs for wage and salary workers. Individual fixed effects models are estimated, with the inclusion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652681
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Scale, diversity, and determinants of labour migration in Europe
Zaiceva, Anzelika (contributor);  … - 2008
While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have remained low. This paper contributes to a better … including the recent Eastern enlargements. The determinants of migration before and after the 2004 enlargement and in the EU15 … and EU10 countries are analysed using individual data on migration intentions. In addition, perceptions about the size of …
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Transmission of business cycle shocks between the US and the euro area
Schneider, Martin; Fenz, Gerhard - 2008
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European labour mobility : challenges and potentials
Zimmermann, Klaus F. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
European Union economies are pressed by (i) a demographic change that induces population ageing and a decline of the workforce, and (ii) a split labour market that is characterized by high levels of unemployment for low-skilled people and a simultaneous shortage of skilled workers. This lack of...
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Does money matter for inflation in the euro area?
Kugler, Peter; Kaufmann, Sylvia - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003158564
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The effectiveness of European active labor market policy
Kluve, Jochen (contributor) - 2006
Measures of Active Labor Market Policy are widely used in European countries, but despite many econometric evaluation studies no conclusive cross-country evidence exists regarding "what program works for what target group under what (economic and institutional) circumstances?". This paper...
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Emissions trading, CDM, JI, and more : the climate strategy of the EU
Klepper, Gernot (contributor); Peterson, Sonja (contributor) - 2005
The objective of this paper is to assess the likely allocation effects of the current climate protection strategy as it is laid out in the National Allocation Plans (NAPs) for the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The multi-regional, multi-sectoral CGEmodel DART is used to simulate the...
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