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European vs. American hours worked : assessing the role of the extensive and intensive margins
Langot, François (contributor);  … - 2008
Europeans have worked less than Americans since the 1970s. In this paper, we quantify the relative importance of the extensive and intensive margins of aggregate hours of market work on the observed differences. Our counterfactual exercises show that the two dimensions of the extensive margin,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778864
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Ambition and jealousy : income interactions in the "old" Europe versus the "new" Europe and the United States
Senik-Leygonie, Claudia (contributor) - 2006
This paper asks how income distribution affects individual well-being and tries to explore the idea that this relation depends on the degree of mobility and uncertainty in the economy. It mostly concentrates on the relation between satisfaction and reference income (defined as the income of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310955
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Comparing the early research performance of PhD graduates in labor economics in Europe and the USA
Cardoso, Ana Rute (contributor);  … - 2008
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793403
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The cliometrics of international migration : a survey
Hatton, Timothy J. - 2010
migrations. Here I focus on the period 1850 to 1940 and chiefly on migration from Europe to the New World. The survey is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959313
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Is well-being U-shaped over the life cycle?
Blanchflower, David G. (contributor);  … - 2007
We explore the idea that happiness and psychological well-being are U-shaped in age. The main difficulty with this argument is that there are likely to be omitted cohort effects (earlier generations may have been born in, say, particularly good or bad times). First, using data on 500,000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003566275
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Trends in economic research : an international perspective
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimarães, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941673
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Attrition and health in ageing studies : evidence from ELSA and HRS
Banks, James; Muriel, Alastair; Smith, James P. - 2010
differences between the US and Europe population in agreeing to participate and remain in scientific surveys are a more likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009007015
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Comparing labor supply elasticities in Europe and the US : new results
Bargain, Olivier; Orsini, Kristian; Peichl, Andreas - 2012
Europe. -- household labor supply ; elasticity ; taxation ; Europe ; US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009569304
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? : a comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533442
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Youth unemployment in Europe and the United States
Bell, David N. F.; Blanchflower, David G. - 2011
lessons have been learned that may guide future policy. We focus on Europe and USA, but introduce evidence from other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009259469