and rely on a very comprehensive database of scientific journals, to provide a cross-country comparison of the evolution … of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …, attained predominantly through international collaborations. -- Research performance ; publications ; rankings ; Europe ; North …

while considered as extremely large in the public debate in Europe. The main argument is based on a fundamental property of …. Two sets of implications are then derived: on one hand, mobility costs are high in Europe and transitions between steady …-states has especially strong adverse effects. Jobs endogenously last longer in Europe than in the US, but when they are destroyed …

Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe. …

received their degree in the years 2000 to 2005 in Europe or the USA. Research productivity is evaluated alternatively as the … number of publications, results suggest a higher productivity by graduates from European universities than from USA …

sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …

, we suggest the first large-scale international comparison of elasticities, while netting out possible differences due to … ; Europe ; US …

mobility within Europe. -- job mobility ; graduates ; Europe ; Japan ; US …

incidence of unusual work times in the U.S. would far exceed those in continental Europe. …

We suggest the first large-scale international comparison of labor supply elasticities for 17 European countries and … Europe. -- household labor supply ; elasticity ; taxation ; Europe ; US …