Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Locational Choice of High-Skilled Immigrants Within the EU-15 Countries: Some Empirical Evidence on the Roy-Borjas Model

Globalization ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 343-359
Author(s):  
Peter Nannestad
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Skilled Immigrants ◽  
Locational Choice ◽  
The Eu

Endogenous Preferences And Delegation In The European Union

2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 41-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Hug
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Endogenous Preferences ◽  
The Eu

The interplay among intergovernmental and supranational actors is a defining feature of the institutional life of the European Union (EU). Too often, however, these actors are considered independent of each other, and their autonomy is assessed in a vacuum. This is problematic because if there is such a thing as "endogenous preferences" in the EU, it appears exactly through this interdependence of intergovernmental and supranational actors. None of the institutionalist approaches to the EU has come to grips with this fact yet. Based on some very simple gametheoretic ideas, I offer in this article a rationale for "endogenous preferences" and discuss their impact on issues of delegations. Some cursory empirical evidence supports the claims that the preferences of supranational actors are related to those of the actors who select or appoint them. Similarly, the analyses presented here suggest that preferences over delegation to supranational actors are influenced by differences in policy views between principals and agents.

On the Squeezing of the Middle Class: Overview and Prospects for the EU-15

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-342
Author(s):  
Olga Salido ◽  
Julio Carabaña
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Member States ◽  
Middle Classes ◽  
Income Share ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Eu

This article was inspired by Atkinson and Brandolini’s work on the economic middle classes and deals with the evolution of the income share of the middle class compared with that of the extreme classes in the EU-15 (the EU’s first 15 member states) over the last two decades. Our research draws on the paradox of the EU officially assuming dominant ideas about rising inequalities and the squeezing of middle-class income produced by globalization and technological change while at the same time producing and disseminating empirical evidence contrary to this view. We first synthesize this evidence, also contributing some additional analyses of Eurostat data, confirming that the income share of the middle class has not changed in the past two decades, as could be expected from the invariance in income inequality. We finally put forward some considerations about the theoretical implications of these empirical results and the interaction between ideas and empirical evidence in political societies and organizations.

scholarly journals How Data Protection Regulation Affects Startup Innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1307-1324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Martin ◽  
Christian Matt ◽  
Crispin Niebel ◽  
Knut Blind
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
General Data Protection Regulation ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
General Data ◽  
Firm Responses ◽  
The Eu

AbstractWhile many data-driven businesses have seen rapid growth in recent years, their business development might be highly contingent upon data protection regulation. While it is often claimed that stricter regulation penalizes firms, there is only scarce empirical evidence for this. We therefore study how data protection regulation affects startup innovation, exploring this question during the ongoing introduction of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our results show that the effects of data protection regulation on startup innovation are complex: it simultaneously stimulates and constrains innovation. We identify six distinct firm responses to the effects of the GDPR; three that stimulate innovation, and three that constrain it. We furthermore identify two key stipulations in the GDPR that account for the most important innovation constraints. Implications and potential policy responses are discussed.

scholarly journals Do budgetary institutions mitigate the common pool problem? New empirical evidence for the EU

Public Choice ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 156 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 423-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob de Haan ◽  
Richard Jong-A-Pin ◽  
Jochen O. Mierau
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Common Pool ◽  
Budgetary Institutions ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Eu

Shared culture?

Target ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaisa Koskinen
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Institutional Culture ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Previous Attempt ◽  
Personal Note ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Shared Culture ◽  
Cultural Turn ◽  
The Eu

Ever since the “cultural turn” in Translation Studies it has been commonplace to state that translation is an act of cultural mediation. However, the concept of culture as such has remained elusive. A number of questions remain unanswered: How can we define a culture? What kind of empirical evidence is needed to prove the existence of a particular culture? Looking for answers, I start with a personal note, with my own previous attempt at conceptualizing translators’ work in the European Commission by defining the EU institutions as a (multilingual and institutional) culture of its own. Responses to this model convey varying views of the concept of culture. By analyzing and contextualizing these responses it is my aim to provide some answers to the question of what kind of a construction culture is. The results of the analysis are then used to reflect on recent developments in Translation Studies.

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