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Attitudes Towards Immigrants, Other Integration Barriers, and Their Veracity
Constant, Amelie; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
The paper studies opinions and attitudes towards immigrants and minorities and their interactions with other barriers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963709
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What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does It Pay?: Native Men, Turks, and Other Migrants in Germany
Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003
This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to … immigrants, Turks are twice as likely to choose self-employment as any other immigrant group. The age-earnings profiles of self … the self-employed Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, ex- Yugoslavs, Polish or other East Europeans, including those immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068701
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The Social Logic of Bounded Partisanship in Germany: A Comparison of Veteran Citizens (West Germans), New Citizens (East Germans) and Immigrants
Zuckerman, Alan S.; Kroh, Martin - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004
structure partisanship. The same social logic underpins partisan choice among West Germans, East Germans, and immigrants, though …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068815
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A Policy Agenda for Diversity and Minority Integration
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and economic challenge. Based on evidence presented in Kahanec and Zimmermann (2011), this policy paper proposes an agenda for diversity and minority integration in the European labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765853
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An Expert Stakeholder's View on European Integration Challenges
Constant, Amelie; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
The standard approach of analysing gaps in social and labor market outcomes of different ethnic groups relies on analysis of statistical data about the affected groups. In this paper we go beyond this approach by measuring the views of expert stakeholders involved in minority integration. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794541
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Using Personal Car Register for Measuring Economic Inequality in Countries with a Large Share of Shadow Economy: Evidence for Latvia
Dombrovsky, Vyacheslav; Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
We suggest to use information from the state register of personal cars as an alternative indicator of economic inequality in countries with a large share of shadow economy. We illustrate our approach using the Latvian pool of personal cars. Our main finding is that the extent of household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293728
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Does Democracy Foster Trust?
Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
The level of trust inherent in a society is important for a wide range of microeconomic and macroeconomic outcomes. This paper investigates how individuals' attitudes toward social and institutional trust are shaped by the political regime in which they live. The German reunification is a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963656
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Der Einfluss von Erhebungsformen auf den Postmaterialismus-Index
Marcus, Jan - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
Der vorliegende Beitrag ist eine Metaanalyse von 99 deutschen Bevölkerungssurveys aus dem GESIS-Datenarchiv, in denen die postmaterialistische Einstellung der Befragten ermittelt wird. Es wird anhand von Mehrebenenmodellen gezeigt, dass sich der Anteil der Postmaterialisten unter Kontrolle von...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502705
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Measuring the Selection of Pay Referents: A Methodological Analysis of the Questions on Pay Referents in the 2008 and 2009 SOEP Pretest Modules
Schneider, Simone; Schupp, Jürgen - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
Income comparisons are among the key mechanisms used to explain satisfaction and happiness, among other outcomes. Yet progress on the questions of who people use as social referents and whether differential selection patterns exist can only be made based on valid and reliable measures of pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541312
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The Preadult Origins of Post-Materialism: A Longitudinal Sibling Study
Kroh, Martin - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
Using a research design that traces siblings' preferences for postmaterialistic values in Germany over two decades, this paper provides new evidence on the origins of value preferences. Focusing on Inglehart's thesis of value change, we test the combined socialization and scarcity hypothesis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068963