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Smoking Persistence Across Countries : An Analysis Using Semi-Parametric Dynamic Panel Data Models with Selectivity
Christelis, Dimitris - 2009
We study smoking persistence in ten countries using data from the European Community Household Panel. Such persistence … two by using semi-parametric dynamic panel data methods applied to both the decision to smoke or not and to the decision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157256
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129907
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Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences : Evidence for Europe and the US
Bargain, Olivier - 2011
Following the report of the Stiglitz Commission, measuring and comparing well-being across countries has gained renewed interest. Yet, analyses that go beyond income and incorporate non-market dimensions of welfare most often rely on the assumption of identical preferences to avoid the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118277
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The Effect of Migration and Spatial Connectivity on Regional Skill Endowments Across Europe : 1988-2010
Tani, Massimiliano - 2013
This paper investigates the effects of labour migration and openness to trade on regional skill endowments across the European Union at a time of increased economic integration. Using regional data from Eurostat's Regio database and the open web source Openflight for the period 1998-2010 we test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084161
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Laterborns Don't Give Up : The Effects of Birth Order on Earnings in Europe
Bertoni, Marco - 2013
While it is well known that birth order affects educational attainment, less is known about its effects on earnings. Using data from eleven European countries for males born between 1935 and 1956, we show that firstborns enjoy on average a 13.7 percent premium over laterborns in their wage at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073856
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Does Employment Protection Help Immigrants? Evidence from European Labor Markets
Sá, Filipa - 2010
High levels of employment protection reduce hiring and firing and have a theoretically ambiguous effect on the employment level. Immigrants, being new to the labor market, may be less aware of employment protection regulations and less likely to claim their rights, which may create a gap between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759354
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Innovation and Employment in Patenting Firms : Empirical Evidence from Europe
Van Roy, Vincent - 2015
This paper explores the possible job creation effect of innovation activity. We analyze a unique panel dataset covering … almost 20,000 patenting firms from Europe over the period 2003-2012. The main outcome from the proposed GMM-SYS estimations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016346
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Immigration and Crime : New Empirical Evidence from European Victimization Data
Nunziata, L. - 2014
We exploit the increase in immigration flows into western European countries that took place in the 2000s to assess whether immigration affects crime victimization and the perception of criminality among European natives. Using data from the European Social Survey, the Labour Force Survey and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043673
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Does Robotization Affect Job Quality? Evidence from European Regional Labour Markets
Antón, José-Ignacio; Fernández-Macías, Enrique; … - 2021
-monetary working conditions in Europe over the period 1995–2005 combining information from the World Robotics Survey and the European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314731
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Household Division of Labor, Partnerships and Children : Evidence from Europe
Giménez, José Ignacio; Molina, Jose Alberto; Sevilla … - 2021
-country differences in partnership formation rates, and the dramatic decrease in partnership formation rates in Southern Europe in … differential impact on partnership formation rates in Northern and Southern Europe due to the different social norms regarding the … the model using 7 waves of the European Community Household Panel (1995-2001). For each country and year we construct the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316950