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Aging and Structural Change
Thießen, Ulrich - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
Many studies analyzed in depth how aging affects aggregate economic performance. But analyses of these effects on the employment structure are scarce and they do not consider that consumption patterns, the supply of goods and services, and also sectoral labor productivity are all likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963608
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The Welfare State, Thresholds, and Economic Growth
Fic, Tatiana; Ghate, Chetan - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004
Can a growing welfare state induce a regime switch in the growth rate of an econ-omy? This paper constructs a dynamic political economy model of economic growth and the welfare state in which both variables are non-linearly related and jointly en-dogenous. Using a Markov switching framework over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963650
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Modelling the Structural Change of Transition Countries
Thießen, Ulrich; Gregory, Paul R. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
The rapid changes in the transition economies must be evaluated in a comparative context. This paper provides a comprehensive comparative analysis using a large panel data set of market economies as a reference point. We wish to establish the extent and speed with which the structures of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963794
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Does Aging Influence Sectoral Employment Shares?: Evidence from Panel Data
Thießen, Ulrich; Kholodilin, Konstantin A.; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
In this study, we investigate whether population aging influences employment shares in different economic sectors. To this end, we employ dynamic panel data analysis. Our unbalanced data set comprises 54 countries and extends to a maximum time period from 1970 till 2004. Our results suggest that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068722
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Top down or Bottom Up? A Cross-National Study of Vertical Occupational Sex Segregation in Twelve European Countries
Schäfer, Andrea; Tucci, Ingrid; Gottschall, Karin - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
gender awareness and "pro-women" policies, this paper identifies the determinants of cross-national variation in women … density and employment protection. The first level of comparison between men and women concentrates on gender representation … in high-status occupations and low-wage employment in order to allow for a more nuanced study of gender and class …
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Internationale Verflechtung der Finanzmärkte: ein Versuch zur Quantifizierung des Dominoeffekts in Anlehnung an die Input-Output-Analyse
Schumacher, Dieter - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2015
Die internationale Verflechtung der Finanzmärkte führt dazu, dass der Ausfall von Krediten in einem Land auch von Geldgebern in anderen Ländern getragen werden muss. Bei einer konsequenten Anwendung des Prinzips der Gläubigerhaftung würde der Vermögensverlust von dem unmittelbar...
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The Effects of Conflict on Fertility in Rwanda
Schindler, Kati; Brück, Tilman - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
The aim of this paper is to study the short and long-term fertility effects of mass violent conflict on different population sub-groups. The authors pool three nationally representative demographic and health surveys from before and after the genocide in Rwanda, identifying conflict exposure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216694
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Gender, Transnational Networks and Remittances: Evidence from Germany
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the senders' perspective, based on data from the German Socio … part of gender differences in remittance behavior. Second, employing gender interaction terms for the social network … effects suggests that remittance behavior is affected by traditional gender roles. Third, the migrant's social integration in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008595843
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Personality and Career: She's Got What It Takes
Fietze, Simon; Holst, Elke; Tobsch, Verena - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances. We compare managers and …-Economic Panel (SOEP) in 2005 show that there are significant gender differences in personality traits, multivariate estimations … clearly indicate that these differences cannot account for gender differences in career opportunities. Nevertheless …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596277
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Ethnic Persistence, Assimilation and Risk Proclivity
Bonin, Holger; Constant, Amelie; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
The paper investigates the role of social norms as a determinant of individual attitudes by analyzing risk proclivity reported by immigrants and natives in a unique representative German survey. We employ factor analysis to construct measures of immigrants' ethnic persistence and assimilation....
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