Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for 1994-2005. We analyze cross-sectional income and consumption inequality and find that inequality … shocks. The response of consumption to permanent and transitory income shocks becomes weaker later in the sample, consistent … activity, and that the official consumer price index may overstate inflation and be prone to quality bias. …

transitory shocks? The implications for consumption and welfare depend crucially on the answer to this question. We use CEX … repeated cross-section data on consumption and income to decompose idiosyncratic changes in income into predictable life … evolution of consumption and income inequality well and delivers two main results. First, we find that permanent changes in …

study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …

of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses …

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 …

mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we …

In this paper we estimate the effect of education on lifetime earnings in Europe, by distinguishing between individuals …