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China's Overt Economic Rise and Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
We provide an overview of China's economic rise through time. Over the past decade, China has maintained 10% growth in GDP, albeit with a GDP per capita at the low level of a developing country. Its tremendous economic development has overlooked the growing social inequalities and rising...
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Occupational Choice across Generations
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004
There are few studies on occupational choices in Germany, and the second generation occupational choice and mobility is even less investigated. Such research is important because occupations determine success in the labor market. In a country like Germany occupations also reflect a general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963726
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Obesity and Developmental Functioning Among Children Aged 2-4 Years
Cawley, John; Spieß, C. Katharina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
-Economic Panel Study are used to estimate models of developmental functioning in four critical areas (verbal skills, activities of … daily living, motor skills, and social skills) as a function of various measures of weight (including BMI and obesity status … factor for lagged development in verbal skills, social skills, and activities of daily living. Among girls, weight generally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963750
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Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants
Zimmermann, Laura; Gataullina, Liliya; Constant, Amelie; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.
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Long-Run Consequences of Natural Disasters: Evidence from Tangshan
Xu, Guo - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
Exploiting Tangshan 1976 - the deadliest earthquake in the 20th century - as a source of exogenous variation, we estimate the long-run effect of a historical shock on contemporary socio-economic outcomes. Cohorts born after the earthquake were not only larger, but exhibit lower school completion...
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New Business Formation and Regional Development: A Survey and Assessment of the Evidence
Fritsch, Michael - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
This paper reviews the current state of knowledge about the effect of new business formation on regional development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021842
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Does Quality Make a Difference?: Employment Effects of High- and Low-Quality Start-Ups
Fritsch, Michael; Schroeter, Alexandra - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
-intensive service industries. However, the impact of start-ups in innovative manufacturing industries on overall regional employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021843
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"Robin Hook": The Developmental Effects of Somali Piracy
Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
Naval counter-piracy measures off Somalia have failed to change the incentives for pirates, raising calls for land-based approaches that may involve replacing piracy as a source of income. This paper evaluates the effects of piracy on the Somali economy to establish which (domestic) groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322384
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"Robin Hook": The Developmental Effects of Somali Piracy
Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
Naval counter-piracy measures off Somalia have failed to change the incentives for pirates, raising calls for land-based approaches that may involve replacing piracy as a source of income. This paper evaluates the effects of piracy on the Somali economy to establish which (domestic) groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322582
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Assets, Shocks, and Poverty Traps in Rural Mozambique
Giesbert, Lena; Schindler, Kati - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
Using a micro-level approach to poverty traps, this paper explores welfare dynamics among households in post-war rural Mozambique. Conceptually, the paper builds on an asset-based approach to poverty and tests empirically, with household panel data, for the existence of a poverty trap. Findings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694064