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; Swedish benefits are the lowest or among the lowest, but very much in line with those in Germany. The benefits in the United … children are among the lowest. In the Netherlands the picture is more mixed; for single persons without children the benefits …
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We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
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Using a new survey of European households, we study how exogenous variation in the macroeconomic uncertainty perceived by households affects their spending decisions. We use randomized information treatments that provide different types of information about the first and/or second moments of...
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France have flatter wealth gradients …
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- the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact … - Germany and Greece. We thus find that in most countries dispersion in earnings increases with educational levels and that …
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countries Germany, France and the Netherlands using the EU Labour Force Survey. Second, we characterize the different employment …
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Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low …
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