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Mortgage Indebtedness and Household Financial Distress
Georgarakos, Dimitris - 2010
Using comparable survey data from twelve European countries we investigate households' attitudes towards mortgage indebtedness. We find that a given debt burden creates much higher distress in Southern countries, France and Belgium, where fewer households have a mortgage outstanding relative to...
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Why Use ROSCAs When You Can Use Banks? Theory and Evidence from Ethiopia
Kedir, Abbi M. - 2011
Much of the existing literature on the use of informal credit arrangements such as ROSCAs (Rotating and Credit Saving Associations) theorises the use of such institutions as arising from market failures in the development of formal saving and credit mechanisms. As economic development proceeds,...
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The Effect of Employment Protection Legislation and Financial Market Imperfections on Investment : Evidence from a Firm-Level Panel of EU Countries
Cingano, Federico - 2009
This paper analyzes the joint effect of EPL and financial market imperfections on investment, capital-labour substitution, labour productivity and job reallocation in a cross-country framework. In the spirit of Rajan and Zingales (1998) and Ciccone and Papaioannou (2006), we exploit variation in...
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The Unequal Incidence of Non-Standard Employment Across Occupational Groups : An Empirical Analysis of Post-Industrial Labour Markets in Germany and Europe
Marx, Paul - 2011
The paper addresses an often neglected question in labour market research: to which extent do outcomes aggregated on the national level disguise occupational diversity in employment conditions? In particular, how and why do occupational groups differ with regard to the incidence of non-standard...
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Immigrant Welfare Receipt Across Europe
Barrett, Alan - 2011
The issue of welfare receipt by immigrants is highly controversial across Europe. In this paper, we assess whether … protecting immigrants from poverty across Europe …
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Does Anti-Competitive Regulation Matter for Productivity? Evidence from European Firms
Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2011
Using firm-level data for a sample of European countries, we focus on the effects that product-market regulations have on firm-level TFP growth. We proxy regulatory burdens using the OECD indicators of sectoral non-manufacturing regulations. These allow accounting for both the direct effects of...
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High-Skilled Immigration Policy in Europe
Kahanec, Martin - 2011
Whether Europe will be able to stand up to its internal and external challenges crucially depends on its ability to … Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to be expected. A review of current immigration policies shows that … despite a number of positive recent developments Europe lacks a consistent strategy to address this challenge effectively …
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Equality of Opportunity and Redistribution in Europe
Dunnzlaff, Lina - 2010
-Saxon countries. For Eastern Europe, our results are less definite. Looking at the impact of the tax and benefit schemes in the EU, it …
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The Effect of Comprehensive Smoking Bans in European Workplaces
Origo, Federica - 2010
In recent years many countries of the European Union (EU) have implemented comprehensive smoking bans to reduce exposure to tobacco smoke in public places and all indoor workplaces. Despite the intense public debate, research on the impact of smoking regulation on health, particularly within the...
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Assimilation and Integration of Immigrants in Europe
Aleksynska, Mariya - 2010
This paper documents assimilation of immigrants in European destinations along cultural, civic, and economic dimensions, distinguishing by immigrants' generation, duration of stay, and origin. Based on the European Social Survey, it suggests that assimilation may have multiple facets, and take...
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