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Euroskepticism in the Crisis: More Mood than Economy
Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Wehner, Caroline - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
one driver for an increasing Euroskepticism. Using rich data on attitudes towards European integration from the …-economic background variables, individual attitudes and the level of Euroskepticism within the 27 EU member states for the period 2006 to … 2011. Our analysis shows that Euroskepticism has increased by on third during the financial crisis, while income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010748385
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Euroskepticism in the Crisis: More Mood than Economy
Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Wehner, Caroline - 2014
one driver for an increasing Euroskepticism. Using rich data on attitudes towards European integration from the …-economic background variables, individual attitudes and the level of Euroskepticism within the 27 EU member states for the period 2006 to … 2011. Our analysis shows that Euroskepticism has increased by on third during the financial crisis, while income inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333236
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Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in Europe : An Analysis of European Micro Data from the ECHP 1994-2001
Knoppik, Christoph; Beissinger, Thomas - 2005
This paper substantially extends the limited available evidence on existence and extent of downward nominal wage rigidity in the European Union and the Euro Area. For this purpose we develop an econometric multi-country model based on Kahn?s (1997) histogram-location approach and apply it to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262208
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The Distributional Impact of Social Transfers in the European Union: Evidence from the ECHP
Heady, Christopher; Mitrakos, Theodore; Tsakloglou, Panos - 2001
Social transfers vary enormously across the EU, as has been demonstrated in earlier research. This paper analyses the comparative effects of cash transfers on inequality and poverty, using consistent household data. The analysis shows that the distributional impact of these transfers is greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262565
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Identifying Population Groups at High Risk of Social Exclusion: Evidence from the ECHP
Tsakloglou, Panos; Papadopoulos, Fotis - 2001
In recent years in the public discourse of many European countries there has been a shift in emphasis from ?poverty? to ?social exclusion?. Broadly interpreted, ?social exclusion? implies the ?inability of an individual to participate in the basic political, economic and social functionings of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262596
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Household incomes and redistribution in the European Union: quantifying the equalising properties of taxes and benefits
Immervoll, Herwig - 2005
The systems of direct taxes and cash benefits in the Member States of the European Union vary considerably in size and structure. We explore their direct impacts on cross-sectional income inequality (termed redistributive effect for the purpose of this paper) using EUROMOD, a tax-benefit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267678
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Learning from Latin America's experience: Europe's failure in the 'Lisbon process'
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2010
The current paper investigates the cross-national relevance of Latin American dependencia theory for five dimensions of development (democracy and human rights, environment, human development and basic human needs satisfaction, gender justice, redistribution, growth and employment) on a global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269673
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The different extent of privatisation proceeds in EU countries: a preliminary explanation using a public choice approach
Belke, Ansgar; Baumgärtner, Frank; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2005
This paper empirically investigates the differences in the motives of raising privatisation proceeds for a panel of EU countries from 1990 to 2000. More specifically, we test whether privatisations can be mainly interpreted (a) as ingredients of a larger reform package of economic liberalisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276651
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Social capital, innovation and growth: evidence from Europe
Akçomak, I. Semih; ter Weel, Bas - 2008
This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277206
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Labor mobility in an enlarged European Union
Kahanec, Martin - 2012
The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the EU extended the freedom of movement to workers from the twelve new member states mainly from Central Eastern Europe. This study summarizes and comparatively evaluates what we know about mobility in an enlarged Europe to date. The pre-enlargement fears of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282283