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The German Local Population Database (GPOP), 1871 to 2019
Rösel, Felix - 2022
I present the first database of historical local population figures for all Germany. The German Local Population …-collected and assembled from more than 50 sources. The data reflect 150 years of regional development and disparities in Germany …. For example, East and West Germany are heavily diverging in population since 1945; and the divide was not reversed but …
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Electoral externalities in federations : evidence from German opinion polls
Frei, Xenia; Langer, Sebastian; Lehmann, Robert; … - 2017 - This version: February 20, 2017
state of Berlin and the federal level in Germany. State voting intentions for the state and for the federal parliament are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615805
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Public infrastructure and regional resilience : evidence from the 1918 Spanish flu in Germany
Foertsch, Mona; Rösel, Felix - 2023
Can public infrastructure help regions to mitigate large shocks? We examine how hospital infrastructure contributes to regional resilience in the event of serious health emergencies. During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, four out of every 1,000 Germans died. We find lower influenza mortality...
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Elite persistence and policy persistence : re-installed mayors from Weimar Germany
Nitschke, Remo; Rösel, Felix - 2023
mechanisms for policy persistence. Several city mayors serving in democratic Weimar Germany were expelled by the Nazis in 1933 … East Germany and in former German cities in present-day Poland-places where political elites or most of the population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013536127
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Sports clubs and populism : quasi-experimental evidence from German cities
Foertsch, Mona; Rösel, Felix - 2023
Does social capital always promote solidarity and democracy, or are social networks such as sports clubs also vulnerable to populism? We exploit quasi-experimental variation in sports club membership in German cities. Sports clubs are booming in cities with successful soccer teams which pass the...
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