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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process

Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...

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Does Religion Influence the Labour Supply of Married Women in Germany?

Heineck, Guido - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2002

On behavioural theory basis, this article analyses whether religion influences married women in Germany in their … decision to supply labour. Gender roles and accompanying attitudes toward the appropriate division of labour among spouses …

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The Determinants of Church Attendance and Religious Human Capital in Germany: Evidence from Panel Data

Heineck, Guido - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001

This paper explores determinants of church attendance and the formation of 'religious human capital' in Germany within a Becker-style allocation-of-time framework. The analysis is based on data derived from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Taking advantage of the longitudinal structure...

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A Reputation Economy: Results from an Empirical Survey on Academic Data Sharing

Fecher, Benedikt; Friesike, Sascha; Hebing, Marcel; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015

Academic data sharing is a way for researchers to collaborate and thereby meet the needs of an increasingly complex research landscape. It enables researchers to verify results and to pursuit new research questions with “old” data. It is therefore not surprising that data sharing is...

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Rates of Return and Early Retirement Disincentives: Evidence from a German Pension Reform

Lüthen, Holger - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014

To counteract the financial pressure emerging in aging societies, statutory pay-as-you-go pension schemes are undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension deductions for early retirement. This paper examines the...

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About Attitudes and Perceptions: Finding the Proper Way to Consider Latent Variables in Discrete Choice Models

Bahamonde-Birke, Francisco J.; Kunert, Uwe; Link, Heike; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015

We provide an in-depth theoretical discussion about the differences between attitudes and perceptions, as well as an … indicate that attitudes may be a reason for systematic taste variations, and that a proper categorization of the latent …

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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 …, the veracities and repercussions of unfavorable attitudes of natives. Employing newly available data from the IZA Expert … integration problems; natives' general negative attitudes are a key factor of their challenging situation; discrimination is …

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Comparing the Determinants of Concern about Terrorism and Crime

Brück, Tilman; Müller, Cathérine - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009

Both crime and terrorism impose costs onto society through the channels of fear and worry. Identifying and targeting groups which are especially affected by worries might be one way to reduce the total costs of these two types of insecurity. However, compared to the drivers of the fear of crime,...

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The Attitudes towards the Euro: An Empirical Study Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Isengard, Bettina; Schneider, Thorsten - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004

This paper investigates the attitudes towards the Euro and their changes over time in Germany by using longitudinal …

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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 inner nature of discrimination, negative attitudes and internal barriers; as well as the ethnic minorities' desires … attitudes towards them. Insufficient knowledge of the official language, insufficient education, discriminatory attitudes and …

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