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worse than the rest of Europe. Deaths from chronic liver disease and lung cancer are particularly prevalent in Scotland. The …
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of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …
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Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses …
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Europe. …
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This paper studies the respective influence of intergenerational transmission and the environment in shaping individual trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the home and in the host country to separate the effect of the...
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We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey (2006). We are especially interested in the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and...
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supply elasticities for Western Europe and the US. We also investigate the relative contribution of different methodological …, both in the US and in Europe. …
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new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … in Europe. Indeed, in contrast to the pre-crisis situation and the findings of previous empirical studies, there is … tentative evidence that the migration response to the crisis has been considerable in Europe, in contrast to the United States …
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This paper uses U.S. Census data from 1990 and 2000 to provide evidence on the labor market characteristics of European-born workers living in the US. It is found that there is a positive wage premium associated with these workers, and that the highly skilled are overrepresented compared with...
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sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in … the share of service jobs in Europe relative to the US persists. Understanding the main factors behind this gap is key to … achieving higher employment levels in Europe. This paper focuses on the role of barriers in the EU-15 which may have hindered …
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