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To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a methodology based on counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax-benefit structure (rules, rates, etc.),...
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worse than the rest of Europe. Deaths from chronic liver disease and lung cancer are particularly prevalent in Scotland. The …
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study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …
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of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …
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We use the compulsory school reforms implemented in European countries after the II World War to investigate the causal effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV estimates suggest that years of schooling have a...
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Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses …
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Europe. …
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-being in Europe. We use a unique dataset that merges three waves of the European Social Survey with a new dataset on … environmental quality including SO2 concentrations and climate in Europe at the regional level. We find a robust negative impact of …
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had different effects in Central / Northern Europe (Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Sweden) and in Mediterranean … Europe (Italy and Spain). In the North, transitions into bridge jobs have increased, with no significant effect on …
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sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …
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