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Trends in economic research: an international perspective
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimarães, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269503
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282226
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The effects of the recent economic crisis on social protection and labour market arrangements across socio-economic groups
Basso, Gaetano; Dolls, Matthias; Eichhorst, Werner; … - 2011
The Great Recession did not only affect European countries to a varying extent, its impact on national labour markets and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282291
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Unravelling Secularization: An International Study
Neuman, Shoshana; Brañas-Garza, Pablo; García-Muñoz, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The current study examines individuals who were raised in a certain religion and at some stage of their life left it. Currently, they define their religious affiliation as ‘no religion’. A battery of explanatory variables (country-specific ones, personal attributes and marriage variables)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822906
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Compulsory Schooling Laws and Formation of Beliefs: Education, Religion and Superstition
Mocan, Naci; Pogorelova, Luiza - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We exploit information on compulsory schooling reforms in 11 European countries, implemented mostly in the 1960s and 70s, to identify the impact of education on religious adherence and religious practices. Using micro data from the European Social Survey, conducted in various years between 2002...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105072
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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652535
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Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis: Religion and Female Employment over Time
Fischer, Justina A.V.; Pastore, Francesco - 2015
This study analyses whether the role of religion for employment of married women in Europe has changed over time and … find that in OECD-Europe there is little difference among women of any age since 1997. For non-OECD-Europe, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307445
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Short-run distributional effects of public education transfers to tertiary education students in seven European countries
Callan, Tim; Smeeding, Tim; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2008
Direct provision of public services can alter the balance of resources across income groups. We focus on the issues arising when taking account of the impact of publicly provided education services across the income distribution. We combine OECD information on spending per student in particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268713
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Unravelling secularization: an international study
Brañas-Garza, Pablo; García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, … - 2007
The current study examines individuals who were raised in a certain religion and at some stage of their life left it. Currently, they define their religious affiliation as 'no religion'. A battery of explanatory variables (country-specific ones, personal attributes and marriage variables) was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268893
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Compulsory Schooling Laws and Formation of Beliefs: Education, Religion and Superstition
Mocan, Hüseyin Naci; Pogorelova, Luiza - 2014
We exploit information on compulsory schooling reforms in 11 European countries, implemented mostly in the 1960s and 70s, to identify the impact of education on religious adherence and religious practices. Using micro data from the European Social Survey, conducted in various years between 2002...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481582