characteristics, for five samples (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), with data being drawn from the European Community …

marginal value of being an entrepreneur as a function of wealth. Countries with high start-up costs such as Italy, Spain and …

contributions to welfare for a set of European OECD countries (Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain), using industry …

, Italy and Spain). To highlight some results, we find a positive short-run effect for GDP and life expectancy on subjective … go back at least 200 years further using our methods. We analyse data for six countries (the USA, UK, Germany, France …

penalty for male workers in six European countries (i.e. Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK). Findings show …, to 28 per cent in Denmark and Italy, to 67 per cent in the UK and to 149 per cent in Ireland. Human capital differences … that the raw gap in hourly gross pay amounts to 16 per cent of male part-timer’s wage in Spain, to 24 per cent in Belgium …

sector for a sample of five European economies: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Using different methods, we …