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A Model of Eco-Efficiency and Recycling
Cogoy, Mario - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
This paper presents the model of an economy subject to the mass conservation principle. The economic system is related to the environment by a flow of virgin materials into the economy, and by the diffusion of waste into the environment. Ecoefficiency contributes to reducing material waste in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083373
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The effect of inflation on real commodity prices
Reicher, Christopher; Utlaut, Johannes - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
Recent research has shown that economic conditions have an important effect on real commodity prices. We quantify the contribution of fluctuations in inflation to this particular link. In the data, a temporary rise in inflation causes real commodity prices to rise, as does a rise in trend...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009292398
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Does Migration Raise Agricultural Investment? An Empirical Analysis for Rural Mexico
Böhme, Marcus - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
endogeneity of migration through an instrumental variable estimation our empirical results show that international migration has a … the capital obtained from international migration only to overcome liquidity constraints for subsistence production … whereas migration itself seems to be the superior investment option compared to other productive activities such as livestock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886841
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Migration and Education Aspirations - Another Channel of Brain Gain?
Böhme, Marcus - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
International migration not only enables individuals to earn higher wages but also exposes them to new environments … caregivers in migrant households. Using unique survey data from Moldova, we find that international migration raises parental … on GDP growth shocks in the destination countries and migration networks. We conclude that aspirations are a highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886987
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Intra-Family Migration Decisions and Elderly Left Behind
Stoehr, Tobias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
' interactions that explains how chain migration can lead to a breakdown of traditional caregiving structures while an opposing … data from Moldova and found to perform better than predictions of some established migration models. The empirical analysis … suggests that migration and staying in order to provide care are strategic complements for children of elderly parents in most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886997
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The Returns to Occupational Foreign Language Use: Evidence from Germany
Stoehr, Tobias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
This paper analyses the wage premia associated with workers' occupational use of foreign languages in Germany. After eliminating time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity and other confounding factors, sizable returns of about 10 percent to applying fluent English skills are found. Returns to...
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Migration Experience, Aspirations and the Brain Drain - Theory and Empirical Evidence
Böhme, Marcus H.; Glaser, Toni - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
in a migration experience, which increases the migrant's aspirations. This will induce her to invest more in the … given migration rate. We show that the optimal migration rate that maximizes the post-migration skill-rate of the population … is higher if we allow for the aspirations effect of migration. We use panel data from Indonesia to demonstrate that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905577
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Family reunification or point-based immigration system? The case of the United States and Mexico
López Real, Joel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
in their effective hours of labor when they move to the United States; (iii) migration reduces inequality, more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246867
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Migration, trade and unemployment
Heid, Benedikt; Larch, Mario - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
immigration on unemployment. The transitory restrictions for worker migration after the EU enlargements of 2004 and 2007 exemplify … order to account for unobserved heterogeneity as well as the potential endogeneity of migration flows and the high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372166
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Village level inequality, migration and remittances in rural Mexico: How do they change over time?
Arslan, Aslihan; Taylor, J. Edward - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
We analyze how migration prevalence and remittances shape income distribution using novel panel data that is nationally … migration (attrition), we find that migration prevalence has increased between 2002 and 2007 reversing the unequalizing effects … inequality, and find that the regions that had the highest increase in international migration are also the regions where the …
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