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Increasing Block Tariffs in the Water Sector: An Interpretation in Terms of Social Preferences
Meran, Georg; Hirschhausen, Christian von - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014
Many developing countries around the world apply progressive water tariffs, often structured in the form of discretely increasing block tariffs (IBTs). These tariffs have been criticized in the welfare economic literature due to their perceived inefficiency: many of the prices charged under IBTs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266599
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The Origins of Terrorism: Cross-Country Estimates on Socio-economic Determinants of Terrorism
Freytag, Andreas; Krüger, Jens J.; Meierrieks, Daniel - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
costs of terror, e.g., approximated by slow growth and poor institutions raise the likelihood of terror and the willingness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519454
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Regionality Revisited: An Examination of the Direction of Spread of Currency Crisis
Dasgupta, Amil; Leon-Gonzalez, Roberto; Shortland, Anja - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
What determines the direction of spread of currency crises? We examine data on waves of currency crises in 1992, 1994, 1997, and 1998 to evaluate several hypotheses on the determinants of contagion. We simultaneously consider trade competition, financial links, and institutional similarity to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008526699
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Increasing Block Tariffs in the Water Sector: A Semi-Welfarist Approach
Meran, Georg; Hirschhausen, Christian von - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
We analyze the properties of progressive water tariffs that are often applied in the sector in the form of discretely increasing block tariffs (IBT). We are particularly interested in water tarification in a poverty context where a subsistence level of water has to be allocated to each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068854
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Institutionelle Determinanten der Erwerbsarbeit: Zur Notwendigkeit einer Gender-Perspektive in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Holst, Elke - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001
In this paper institutions are understood as rules of individual behavior. The focus is on the impacts of institutions … West Germany. In the background of this analysis, the influence of institutions on the allocation of resources is examined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068876
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Power Utility Re-regulation in East European and CIS Transformation Countries (1990-1999): An Institutional Interpretation
Hirschhausen, Christian von; Opitz, Petra - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001
This paper analyzes the process of power utility re-regulation in Eastern Europe and the CIS during the decade of systemic transformation (1990-1999); in particular, it explores reasons why early attempts to introduce competition-oriented reform models have not succeeded. We discuss advantages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068969
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Short Term Living Conditions and Long Term Prospects of Immigrant Children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2000
In Germany the foreign born population is made up of foreigners and so called ”ethnic Germans” who migrated from eastern European countries to Germany. While the first group is confronted with problems arising from the typical German concept of ethnicity and citizenship, the latter are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963620
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Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership
Constant, Amelie; Roberts, Rowan; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963640
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Explaining Attitudes towards Immigration: New Pieces to the Puzzle
Tucci, Ingrid - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069073
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The Effects of Labor Supply Shocks on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Mansour, Hani - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
Since September 2000, as a result of mobility restrictions, the supply of Palestinian workers competing for local jobs in the West Bank has increased by about fifty percent. This paper takes advantage of this unique natural experiment to study the effects of labor supply shocks on labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568244