Rescuing the European welfare state : the Social Affairs Committee of the early European Communities, 1953-1962 / Brian Shaev -- From territorialized rights to personalized international social rights? The making of the European Convention on the Social Security of Migrant Workers (1957) / Karim...

This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its primary focuses are on: (1) the effect of the language skills of an individual on the choice of destination among international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the...

Examines the impact of cultural factors on the supplyof entrepreneurs in the United States and United Kingdom (Great Britain)between 1880 and 1914. Seeks to determine if the alleged differences are due tocultural differences, which have often been cited as cause ofdivergencein the two economies...

This paper utilizes household-level budget data from the 1889/90 United States Commissioner of Labor survey to estimate the full Almost Ideal Demand System with demographic and other covariates. Price data were obtained from the Aldrich Report of 1892. The purpose is to make better use of the...