conditions of immigrant children in comparison to native born German children must take into account the heterogeneity of …

This paper deals with two hypotheses about factors influencing attitudes toward immigration in Germany. The first looks … at how individuals' perceptions of their financial and job situation affect public opinion on immigration. The second … hypothesis tests how these attitudes are affected by the beneficial/detrimental effect of immigration on the individual and …

confined to men. In particular, administrative data from public pension systems are less reliable for women because of the … analyze a large data set from the German public pension scheme on women who died between 1994 and 2005, employing both non …-parametric and parametric methods. To overcome the problem mentioned above we concentrate on women with relatively long earnings …

This paper explores the use of informal credit as a strategy for managing risks by market women in northern Ghana. A …. Based on qualitative data, the analysis reveals that market women invest a considerable amount of time in maintaining … high transaction costs and prevents market women from growing out of poverty in the long term. …

Why do people engage in entrepreneurship and commit large parts of their personal wealth to their business, despite … and exit decisions. Nonpecuniary benefits of entrepreneurship, such as being independent in the workplace, also contribute …

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic …