the veracity of theoretical assertions. Our review of the empirical literature suggests that the issue of selection … findings. We explain the nature of self-selection based endogeneity bias and review the techniques available to researchers in …

. Since retail mergers may have either local or national effects (or both) according to the level at which retail chains set …

and targets and use appropriate difference-in-difference estimation methods to single out the causal effect of mergers on …

The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and … diversity and minority integration in the European labor markets. Policies to foster the labor market and social integration of …

The paper analyzes the integration of euro area sovereign bond markets during the European sovereign debt crisis. It …

integration. The 'new economic geography' world assumes mobile entrepreneurs which can relocate thus bringing agglomeration forces … integration, where one country has emerged as the core and the other as the periphery, the core may have more generous social … constrained, however, and related to the level of trade integration in a bell-shaped way. …

differentiating between actual and planned citizenship. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we measure the impact that integration …, but not to those educated in Germany. We find that the degree of integration in German society has a differential effect …