This paper investigates the time-varying efficiency of Western European stock markets and examines how macroeconomic events defined as endogenous and exogenous shocks influence the degree of efficiency by either long-range dependence or mean reverting. We apply a rolling-window detrended...

In this paper, we use the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), complemented with register data on the share of the foreign population in the European regions, to examine the effects of migration on the level of informal care provided by children to their senior parents....

Labor unions play a crucial role in liberal democracies by influencing labor market and political dynamics, organizing workers' demands and linking them to parties. However, their importance has progressively diminished in the last decades. We suggest that technological change - and industrial...

Labor unions play a crucial role in liberal democracies by influencing labor market and political dynamics, organizing workers' demands and linking them to parties. However, their importance has progressively diminished in the last decades. We suggest that technological change - and industrial...

Die Studie entwickelt eine Methodik für den Aufbau regionaler Ökosysteme der Kreislaufwirtschaft. Anhand von RRR-Ökosystemen (Re-use, Repair, Refurbishment) im Bereich der Elektro- und Elektronikgeräte wird ein Leitfaden konzipiert. Dieser führt die Akteure in vier aufeinander aufbauenden...

Dieser Forschungsbericht untersucht sechs regionale RRR-Ökosysteme (Re-use, Repair, Refurbishment) für Elektro- und Elektronikgeräte in Nordwesteuropa. Auf Basis von Praxiserfahrungen und Interviews im Rahmen des von der Europäischen Union geförderten Projekts E6 werden zentrale Schritte,...

The study investigates the impact of sustainability marketing on the loyalty and purchasing behaviour of young customers in Eastern and Western Europe. The present article explores consumer attitudes towards sustainable marketing, cultural influences, and geographical variations using a...

In response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union banned or geo-blocked Russian propaganda media fearing the effects of the Kremlin's information warfare on internal public opinion during the largest security crisis in modern history. We investigate the...

Despite changing attitudes around disability over time, people with disabilities still face large barriers to labour market participation. We apply a sociological framework that considers both supply- and demand-side explanations for labour market inequality to help understand the continuing...

Ancient Greeks and Romans often connected meteorological events to the action of divinities and address them for obtaining an intercession. The spread of Christianity and the polytheism end meant that ordinary people often thought that bad weather was due to the devil; this couldn’t be...

This study specifically investigates the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on travel and leisure (TL) companies’ debt holdings policy. To the best of our knowledge, there is a momentous gap in exclusively conducting the impact of EPU on the debt holdings policy behavior of Western...

Human development and ageing are lifelong processes, where earlier life conditions and events are interlinked with later life outcomes. Patterns of inequality within and among cohorts emerge over time as products of the interplay between institutional arrangements and individual life, often...

We investigate the key macroeconomic and institutional determinants of fundraising and investment activities and compare them across Europe, covering 13 Central and Eastern European (CEE) and 16 Western European (WE) countries. Five macroeconomic variables and nineteen institutional variables...

The article shows the relationships between the COVID and non‑COVID deaths during the first year of the pandemic, compared with the stringency of restrictions imposed and the compulsory spending on healthcare. We compare these relationships among European countries, analysing weekly data and...

This study investigates the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores and dividend policies, considering the moderating role of audit quality. Based on data for Western European listed companies (leaders in ESG revolution) over the period 2010-2019, panel regression...

I explore the fact that the Mongol Empire invaded most of Eurasia but left Western Europe untouched. I hypothesize that differences in exposure to the Mongols resulted in divergent institutional paths. Where the Mongols invaded, they set up highly centralized autocratic institutions. Meanwhile,...

Using Eurobarometer data for 21 Western European countries since 1973 we show the U-shape in life satisfaction by age, present for so long, has now vanished. In 13 northern European countries - Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,...

This note examines the four major West European military powers--namely Britain, France, Germany and Italy--with a focus on their post-Cold War contraction and restructuring; the numerous driving pressures and rationales of that process; and, in today's differing circumstances with their higher...