- Germany and Greece. We thus find that in most countries dispersion in earnings increases with educational levels and that …, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact …

-S type of regression for each regime. Our results show that, for countries which pegged to or adopted the euro, the effect of … conclude that, in a catching-up country, premature euro adoption may foster excess inflation, beyond that which is to be …

rate changes, for a sample of euro area (EA) countries. Our study aims to shed further light on the role of microeconomic … significant since the introduction of the single currency. Our findings suggest instead that the weakness of the euro during the … Eurozone, as the responsiveness of import prices to exchange rate fluctuations tends to decline in a low and more stable …

estimation, using data with self-reported periods of hunger earlier in life, with famines as instruments. The data contain … estimation to deal with imperfect recollection of conditions at very early stages of life. The estimated average causal effects …

estimates of the productivity premium of German firms exporting to the Euro-zone and beyond, controlling for unobserved time … invariant firm specific effects, and tests for self-selection of more productive firms into exporting beyond the Euro-zone. (3 … Euro-zone only is no longer much smaller that the premium of firms that export beyond the Euro-zone, too, and the premium …

concludes with an empirical application to consumer price inflation in Germany, France and Italy, and re-examines the extent to … Carlo experiments, where we also study the estimation of the aggregate effects of micro and macro shocks. The paper …