There is growing concern in Europe over the impact of globalization on high and evenly shared living standards. These …

Using 2011-12 consumption micro-data, we find that nearly one-third of the variation in living standards in India can … individual's perspective, living standards are higher in richer, but more unequal, locations in India. The central factor behind … these findings is the large difference in average consumption levels between rural and urban India and continued divergence …

million companies in Europe. We document a positive association between corporate return on assets and the share of women in …

a set of 21 Europe countries, we show that while the short-term response of participation rates to labor demand shocks … is typically larger in Europe than in the US, the immediate response of net migration in Europe has increased over time …

poverty reduction and inclusiveness in India. We explore the role of economic policies and macrofinancial conditions in …

wage growth and inflation in Europe and factors that influence the strength of the passthrough from labor costs to prices …

Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a … towards non-regular employment despite women's high education levels. This paper empirically examines what helps Japan and … tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap …