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Central Exams as the "Currency" of School Systems: International Evidence on the Complementarity of School Autonomy and Central Exams
Woessmann, Ludger - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 4, pp. 46-56
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696455
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Forced structural convergence in the eurozone: Or a differentiated European monetary community
Scharpf, Fritz W. - 2016
Im Zuge der europäischen Integration haben nationale Gewerkschaften in Europa die Dachorganisation des Europäischen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598859
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Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of European Females
Brunello, Giorgio; Fabbri, Daniele; Fort, Margherita - 2010
We find that the protective effect of years of schooling on the BMI of European females is non negligible, but smaller than the one recently found for the US. By using individual standardized cognitive tests instead of years of schooling as the measure of education we show that the current focus...
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The effect of financial development on the investment cash flow relationship: cross-country evidence from Europe
Becker, Bo; Sivadasan, Jagadeesh - 2006
We investigate financing constraints in a large cross-country data set covering most of the European economy. Firm level investment sensitivity to cash flow is used to identify financing constraints. We find that the sensitivities are significantly positive on average, controlling for country...
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Kern-, Eineltern- und Stieffamilien in Europa: Eine Analyse ihrer Häufigkeit und Einbindung in haushaltsübergreifende Strukturen
Steinbach, Anja; Kuhnt, Anne-Kristin; Knüll, Markus - 2015
This study deals with the prevalence of single-parent- and stepfamilies in Europe and their linkages in cross … such that the share of single-parent families and stepfamilies is much higher in Europe´s northern countries. Eastern … Europe, however, includes countries in which the share of single-parent- and stepfamilies was extraordinarily high and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335339
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Combining Energy Networks: The Impact of Europe's Natural Gas Network on Electricity Markets until 2050
Abrell, Jan; Gerbaulet, Clemens; Holz, Franziska; … - 2013
The interdependence of electricity and natural gas is becoming a major energy policy and regulatory issue in all jurisdictions around the world. The increased role of gas fired plants in renewable-based electricity markets and the dependence on gas imports make this issue particular striking for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390695
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Are Wages in Southern Europe More Flexible? : The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings
Brunello, Giorgio; Lauer, Charlotte - 2004
study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262046
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Scylla and Charybdis: explaining Europe's exit from gold, January 1928 - December 1936
Wolf, Nikolaus - 2008
The paper examines the timing of exit from the interwar gold-exchange standard for a panel of European countries, based on monthly data over the period January 1928 - December 1936. I show that exit from gold can be understood in terms of a trade-off between a limited set of factors commonly...
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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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Years of schooling, human capital and the body mass index of European females
Brunello, Giorgio; Fabbri, Daniele; Fort, Margherita - 2009
We use the compulsory school reforms implemented in European countries after the II World War to investigate the causal effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV estimates suggest that years of schooling have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271261