division of labor. It identifies and analyzes cross-country disparities between France, Italy, Sweden and United States, using …

Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994 (the "Russian … explains a large share of the mortality crisis, suggesting that Russia's transition to capitalism and democracy was not as …

and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal …

The introduction of NDC public pension scheme in few European countries, such as Latvia, Sweden, Italy, and Poland, in … with a discontinuous working history in Italy and Sweden suggest that the replacement rates will be low, unless the … retirees in Italy and Sweden of a current labor market reform: the introduction of a unique labor market contract, aimed at …

countries. In the paper, we compare the labour market developments in four countries: Germany, Italy, Poland, and Sweden. There … and Sweden are in contrast with low levels of employment in Italy and Poland. In the latter two countries, there is also a …

We show that in the US, the UK, Italy and Sweden women whose first child is a boy are less likely to work in a typical …

, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one …-March until mid-May. Using Italy as a case study, we find that high-social-capital areas exhibit lower excess mortality and a …

marginal value of being an entrepreneur as a function of wealth. Countries with high start-up costs such as Italy, Spain and …