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Alone but Better Off? Adult Child Migration and Health of Elderly Parents in Moldova

Böhme, Marcus; Persian, Ruth; Stoehr, Tobias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

Increasing labor migration and simultaneous aging of societies are two important demographic developments many poor countries face. Elderly people who are left behind may experience a decrease in welfare when their children migrate. This paper investigates the e ect of migration on various...

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Empirical Characteristics of Legal and Illegal Immigrants in the U.S.

Caponi, Vincenzo - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

We combine the New Immigrant Survey (NIS), which contains information on US legal immigrants, with the American Community Survey (ACS), which contains information on all immigrants to the U.S., legal and illegal ones. Using econometric methodology proposed by Lancaster and Imbens (1996) we...

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Gender Differences in Risk Preferences and Stereotypes: Experimental Evidence from a Matrilineal and a Patrilineal Society

Pondorfer, Andreas; Mahmoud, Toman Omar; Rehdanz, Katrin; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

We use a controlled experiment to analyze gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes about risk preferences of men and women across two distinct island societies in the Pacific: the patrilineal Palawan in the Philippines and the matrilineal Teop in Papua New Guinea. We find no gender...

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Location Choice and Employment Decisions: A Comparison of German and Swedish Multinationals

Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2005

Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...

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Outsourcing Motives, Location Choice and Labour Market Implications: An Empirical Analysis for European Countries

Neureiter, Marcus; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

We use data on motives of international outsourcing and location choices from a recent survey of European companies to assess the labour market repercussions at home. Employing Tobit models we differentiate between job losses as well as job creation for high and low skilled employees at the...

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The Location Choices of Foreign Investors: A District-level Analysis in India

Mukim, Megha; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

This paper analyzes the determinants of the location choices made by foreign investors at the district level in India to gauge the relative importance of economic geography factors, local business conditions, and the presence of previous foreign investors. We employ a discrete-choice model and...

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Foreign Direct Investment in Post-Reform India: Likely to Work Wonders for Regional Development?

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Stracke, Rudi - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007

We make use of a new and detailed database on FDI approvals since the early 1990s to address two major issues related to FDI and regional development in India in the post-reform period. First, we analyze the location choices of foreign investors. The evidence indicates that the concentration of...

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The Clustering of FDI in India: The Importance of Peer Effects

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Mukim, Megha - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

We assess the location choices of 6,020 foreign and non-resident Indian investors at the level of Indian districts. Employing conditional logit models, we find that clustering of FDI is driven strongly by herding among investors from both, the same and other countries of origin. However, the...

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Housing market bubbles and business cycles in an agent-based credit economy

Erlingsson, Einar Jon; Cincotti, Silvano; Stefansson, Hlynur - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

In this paper the authors present an agent-based model of a credit network economy. The artificial economy includes different economic agents that interact using simple behavioral rules through various markets, i.e., the consumption goods market, the labor market, the credit market and the...

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Setting the Bar - An Experimental Investigation of Immigration Requirements

Khadjavi, Menusch; Tjaden, Jasper D. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

immigration. The dynamics and underlying processes of setting immigration requirements remain unclear as research so far mainly … different levels of perceived migrant potential and public debate shape immigration requirements. We employ the minimal group … paradigm and immigration requirements are set by in-group voting. Our results suggest that fairness and efficiency of …

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