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Labor Mobility in an Enlarged European Union
Kahanec, Martin - 2012
The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the EU extended the freedom of movement to workers from the twelve new member states mainly from Central Eastern Europe. This study summarizes and comparatively evaluates what we know about mobility in an enlarged Europe to date. The pre-enlargement fears of...
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Multidimensional Affluence in Income and Wealth in the Eurozone : A Cross-Country Comparison Using the HFCS
Kontbay-Busun, Sine - 2015
This paper applies multidimensional affluence measures to a new dataset on income and wealth in 15 Eurozone countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016356
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Fiscal Union in Europe? Redistributive and Stabilising Effects of an EU Tax-Benefit System
Bargain, Olivier - 2012
representative household microdata from 11 Eurozone countries to simulate these policy reforms and to study their effects on the … that not all forms of fiscal integration will improve macroeconomic stability in the Eurozone …
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Differences in Euro-Area Household Finances and Their Relevance for Monetary-Policy Transmission
Hintermaier, Thomas - 2019
This paper quantifies the extent of heterogeneity in consumption responses to changes in real interest rates and house prices in the four largest economies in the euro area: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We first calibrate a life-cycle incomplete-markets model with a financial asset and...
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Interest Rate Bands of Inaction and Play-Hysteresis in Domestic Investment : Evidence for the Euro Area
Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2019
The interest rate represents an important monetary policy tool to steer investment in order to reach price stability. Therefore, implications of the exact form and magnitude of the interest rate-investment nexus for the European Central Bank's effectiveness in a low interest rate environment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863789
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A Balancing Act at Times of Austerity : Matching the Supply and Demand for Skills in the Greek Labour Market
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2014
jobs. The synthesis of available skills intelligence for Greece, the country most severely affected by the global economic … face of economic austerity. The paper engages in a comparative overview of Greece's performance on flagship Europe 2020 … initial educational system and the labour market in Greece. But tackling skill mismatch requires skill development and skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059680
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A Challenge for the G20 : Globally Stipulated Debt Brakes and Transnational Independent Fiscal Supervisory Councils
Dolls, Mathias - 2014
IMF and should conduct a regular evaluation of national budget plans. In an economic and political environment which is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013067052
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Vignette Equivalence and Response Consistency : The Case of Job Satisfaction
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2011
We compare reported job satisfaction with vignette evaluations of hypothetical jobs by using a British, Greek and Dutch data set, containing 95 randomly assigned vignettes. In order to test comparability of international data sets recently the method of anchoring vignettes has been introduced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117612
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Are Universities Important for Explaining Unequal Participation in Student Mobility? A Comparison between Germany, Hungary, Italy and the UK
Schnepf, Sylke V. - 2020
Policies supporting international student mobility prepare young people for the challengesof global and multicultural environments. However, disadvantaged students have lowerparticipation rates in mobility schemes, and hence benefit less from their positive impactson career progression....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012836557
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The Distributional Impact of in Kind Public Benefits in European Countries
Paulus, Alari - 2009
International comparisons of inequality based on measures of disposable income may not be valid if the size and incidence of publicly-provided in kind benefits differ across the countries considered. The benefits that are financed by taxation in one country may need to be purchased out of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153502