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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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Why IT Matters: An Empirical Study of E-Business Usage, Innovation, and Firm Performance
Köllinger, Philipp - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
The article argues that IT continues to have strategic relevance for companies because it en-ables innovation. A conceptual link between the adoption of IT and innovation is established. This conceptual link allows a market-based, economic explanation for variations in IT payoffs among firms:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068778
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Zur Unterrepräsentanz von Frauen in Spitzengremien der Wirtschaft: Ursachen und Handlungsansätze
Holst, Elke; Wiemer, Anita - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
The paper proceeds from the assumption that the inequalities of opportunity between men and women on the labor market and in society overall tend to consolidate in the management bodies of large companies. The predominance of men on the supervisory boards of Germany's largest private sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008486884
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Innovation, Adoption, Ownership, and Productivity: Evidence from Ukraine
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Vakhitova, Hanna; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
How do new and foreign firms achieve superior productivity? Do they conduct more and better R&D? Or do they distinguish themselves through computerization and organizational capital? We investigate the determinants of and returns to several types of investment, using a panel of over 40,000...
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Does Gender Affect Investors' Appetite for Risk?: Evidence from Peer-to-Peer Lending
Barasinska, Nataliya - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
This study investigates the role of gender in financial risk-taking. Specifically, I ask whether female investors tend … expected return and its standard deviation, whereas standard deviation serves as a measure of risk. Gender differences … of risk preferences across investors. Estimation results provide no evidence of gender differences in investors' risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009018188
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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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Risk Attitudes and Investment Decisions across European Countries: Are Women More Conservative Investors than Men?
Badunenko, Oleg; Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
financial risks. The empirical evidence we provide only weakly supports the gender differences argument. We find that women are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010661284
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Are Women More Credit-Constrained than Men?: Evidence from a Rising Credit Market
Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
This study investigates whether gender discrimination is taking place in an innovative credit market known as peer … average higher interest rates than males despite the fact that the two gender groups do not differ with respect to their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010661285
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Are Women More Credit-Constrained than Men?: Evidence from a Rising Credit Market
Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
This study investigates whether gender discrimination is taking place in an innovative credit market known as peer … average higher interest rates than males despite the fact that the two gender groups do not differ with respect to their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128102
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Risk Attitudes and Investment Decisions across European Countries: Are Women More Conservative Investors than Men?
Badunenko, Oleg; Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
financial risks. The empirical evidence we provide only weakly supports the gender differences argument. We find that women are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128105