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Short- vs Long-Term Intergenerational Correlations of Employment and Self-Employment in Europe

Giménez, José Ignacio - 2020

This paper analyzes the existence of short- and long-term intergenerational correlation of employment and self-employment in European countries, using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. Using longitudinal data for the period 2003-2016, fixed effect estimates...

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Demographic Change and the European Income Distribution

Dolls, Mathias - 2018

This paper assesses the effect of key demographic changes (population ageing and upskilling) that are expected by 2030 on the income distribution in the EU-27 and examines the potential of tax-benefit systems to counterbalance negative developments. Theory predicts that population ageing should...

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The Household Budget Survey in Western Europe, 1795-1965

Gazeley, Ian - 2018

1960s. We have compiled the first historical bibliography of household budget surveys in Western Europe and, using the …

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Resource Misallocation in European Firms : The Role of Constraints, Firm Characteristics and Managerial Decisions

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2018

Using a new survey, we show that the dispersion of marginal products across firms in the European Union is about twice as large as that in the United States. Reducing it to the US level would increase EU GDP by more than 30 percent. Alternatively, removing barriers between industries and...

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Drivers of Participation Elasticities Across Europe : Gender or Earner Role within the Household?

Bartels, Charlotte - 2018

We compute participation tax rates across the EU and find that work disincentives inherent in tax-benefit systems largely depend on household composition and the individual's earner role within the household. We then estimate participation elasticities using an IV Group estimator that enables us...

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Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States 2006–2016

Jauer, Julia - 2018

-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour … market shocks. Based on fixed-effects regressions using regional panel data, we find that Europe's migratory response to … measured population changes in Europe were due to migration for employment purposes – i.e. an upper-bound estimate – up to …

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The Gender Gap in Time Allocation in Europe

Giménez, José Ignacio - 2020

This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on … several factors that may help to explain these differences. Prior research has identified several factors affecting the time … individuals devote to paid work, unpaid work, and child care, and the gender gaps in these activities, but most research refers to …

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Labour Force Participation and Job Polarization : Evidence from Europe During the Great Recession

Verdugo, Gregory - 2020

between men and women during the Great Recession in Europe. We first highlight that Europe is characterized by high levels of …

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Home Advantage in European International Soccer : Which Dimension of Distance Matters?

van Damme, Nils - 2019

prosperity. To this end, we analyse 2,012 recent matches played in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. We find that …

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Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution in Europe

Alesina, Alberto F. - 2019

We examine the relationship between immigration and attitudes toward redistribution using a newly assembled data set of immigrant stocks for 140 regions of 16 Western European countries. Exploiting within-country variations in the share of immigrants at the regional level, we find that native...

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