The flows of migration from neighbouring countries into the European Union have, since its inception, been more relevant than those of internal migration. Thus, labour movements from relatively less industrialized countries of the EU —such as Italy in the 50's—towards the relatively more...

In this paper we consider an overlapping generation model in which people, born in two different countries, decide where to spend their working period of life, and where to retire after it. The two countries differ in technology and quality of life. The "northern" country, N, is more productive,...

In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent representation of each gender on the board of publicly limited liability companies. The primary objective of this reform was to increase the representation of women in top positions in the corporate sector and decrease gender disparity in...