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Women's fertility and employment decisions under two political systems : comparing East and West Germany before reunification

Bredtmann, Julia; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra - 2009

Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and employment decisions, we analyse their transitions to the...

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Wealth and asset holdings of immigrants in Germany

Sinning, Mathias (contributor) - 2007

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Care choices in Europe : to each according to his needs?

Heger, Dörte; Korfhage, Thorben - 2016

Growing long-term care (LTC) needs represent a major challenge for our ageing societies. Understanding how utilization patterns of different types of care are influenced by LTC policies or changes in the population composition such as age patterns or health can provide helpful insight on how to...

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Parasites and raven mothers : a German-Japanese comparison on (lone) motherhood

Klabunde, Anna; Korn, Evelyn - 2010

Dieser Artikel vergleicht die institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland und Japan, die die … Attraktivität von Ehe und Mutterschaft in beiden Ländern ab. Wir stellen fest, dass soziale Veränderungen, die in Deutschland vor … derzeit passieren. Wir analysieren, ob sich die Konsequenzen für Familienstruktur und Geburtenrate von Deutschland auf Japan …

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Exporters and the rise in wage inequality : evidence from German linked employer-employee data

Baumgarten, Daniel - 2010

Auf Basis eines großen verbundenen Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer-Datensatzes für das verarbeitende Gewerbe in Deutschland …

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International Benchmarking in Electricity Distribution : A Comparison of French and German Utilities

Cullmann, Astrid - 2009

In this paper we present an international cross-country benchmarking analysis for utility regulation of France and Germany, the two largest electricity distribution countries in Europe. We examine the relative performance of 99 French and 77 German distribution companies operating within two...

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Kholodilin, Konstantin A. - 2014

The World War I played a key role in shaping modern housing policy. While in the pre-War time virtually no housing policy existed, the beginning of hostilities led to an almost immediate and comprehensive state intervention in the housing market, particularly among those engaged in the war....

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Unobserved Heterogeneity and International Benchmarking in Public Transport

Cullmann, Astrid - 2010

We analyze the technical efficiency of German and Swiss urban public transport companies by means of SFA. In transport networks we might face different network structures or complexities, not observed, but influencing the production process. The unobserved factors are typically modeled as...

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Rental prices in Germany : a comparison between migrants and natives

Eilers, Lea; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Vance, Colin - 2017

This paper deals with the question of whether migrants in Germany pay a rent premium for apartments of comparable quality and neighborhood characteristics. We use a twostep selection-correction model augmented by a control function to account for nonrandom neighborhood choice. The estimation...

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The Working Poor in European Comparison : An Analysis in Consideration of the Process of Income Generation and Redistribution (Armut von Erwerbstaetigen im europaeischen Vergleich:...

Lohmann, Henning - 2010

In Europe, there are significant differences in the extent and in the structure of in-work poverty. Based on a comparison of 20 countries the present study analyses to what extent this is due to the differences in the institutional framework conditions of a given country. The analyses are based...

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