Chapter 1. Preliminary Comments. A Scientometric Dimension of the Economic and Social Impact of Covid-19 -- Chapter 2. Another Crisis, Different Responses? – Determinants of Crisis and Mixt Impact on Economic Development. A Comparative Approach of the Eu Countries -- Chapter 3. Digital...

We rely on a simple game theoretic structure to provide rationale for the apparent synchronization of foreign investment crises. Specifically, we outline a very basic and very intuitive mechanism that allows a crisis in a given economy to spread to other economies. Furthermore, we obtain our...

Introduction -- Working time trends and work-life balance in Europe since the onset of the Great Recession / Colette Fagan and Greet Vermeylen -- Work-life balance, health and well-being in times of austerity / Gail Kinman and Almuth McDowall -- Employer support for work-life balance in...

1. Working time trends and work-life balance in Europe since the onset of the Great Recession / Colette Fagan and Greet Vermeylen -- 2. Work-life balance, health and well-being in times of austerity / Gail Kinman and Almuth McDowall -- 3. Employer support for work-life balance in recession :...

We estimate a three-variate VAR using proxies of global financial uncertainty, the global financial cycle, and world industrial production to simulate the effects of the jump in financial uncertainty observed in correspondence of the Covid-19 outbreak. We predict the cumulative loss in world...