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Implementing quotas in university admissions: An experimental analysis

Braun, Sebastian; Dwenger, Nadja; Kübler, Dorothea; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

students often fail to grasp the strategic issues involved. The modified SDA algorithm significantly improves the matching for …

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The Matching Approach on Expenditure Patterns of Migrant Households: Evidence from Moldova

Poppe, Robert - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007

This paper examines the effect of temporary and permanent migration on household expenditures and on asset …/durables ownership. Using household survey data from Moldova, this paper relies on the matching approach for identification. It is shown … migration has a stronger effect on household expenditures than permanent migration. …

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Who bears the costs of climate change? Evidence from Tunisia

Wiebelt, Manfred; Al-Raffai, Perrihan; Breisinger, Clemens - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

In order to estimate the economic costs of climate change for Tunisia, this paper uses a combination of biophysical and economic models. In addition, the paper draws on the literature to complement the quantitative analysis with policy recommendations on how to adapt to the changing climate. The...

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Selection wages and discrimination

Schlicht, Ekkehart - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

Applicants for any given job are more or less suited to fill it, and the firm will select the best among them. Increasing the wage offer attracts more applicants and makes it possible to raise the hiring standard and improve the productivity of the staff. Wages that optimize on the trade-off...

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The Household Production Function Approach to Valuing Climate: The Case of Japan

Maddison, David; Rehdanz, Katrin; Narita, Daiju - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

According to household production function theory households combine marketed goods and nonmarket environmental goods to produce service flows of direct value to the household. This readily explains why, as an input to household production activities, households might have preferences over the...

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Human Capital Depreciation During Family-related Career Interruptions in Male and Female Occupations

Görlich, Dennis; Grip, Andries de - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007

This study investigates the relation between human capital depreciation during family-related career interruptions and occupational choice of women in the (West) German labour market. In contrast to other studies that do not explicitly focus on family-related career interruptions, we find that...

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More Coffee, More Cigarettes? Coffee Market Liberalisation, Gender, and Bargaining in Uganda

Golan, Jennifer; Lay, Jann - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

Focusing on intra-household allocation, we investigate the effects of coffee market liberalisation in Uganda. As coffee has traditionally been a male domain, higher income from this activity might increase gender disparities. In addition, gender-related inefficiency in household production might...

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Strategisches Nachverhandeln zur Lösung von Anreizproblemen in unvollständigen Verträgen am Beispiel der Wohnungsprivatisierung nach dem Altschuldenhilfegesetz

Sander, Birgit - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998

Governments may draft contracts with market agents for allocating subsidies and pursuing specific policy goals. Contract enforcement via binding commitments is difficult, however, when exogenous (environmental) and endogenous (behavioural) risks interact. Analyzing the old debt compromise in...

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Bargaining in a long-term relationship and the Rubinstein solution

Stähler, Frank - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1996

In a recent paper, Muthoo (1995) discusses whether the Rubinstein solution carries over on repeated bargaining situations. He concludes that stationary equilibria for such a repeated bargaining game do not imply the Rubinstein solution and that several non-stationary equilibria may exist. This...

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The impact of regionalism on the multilateral trading order: French tariff bargaining in the Uruguay Round

Piazolo, Daniel - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1995

This paper analyzes the GATT negotiations during the Uruguay Round and shows that France was induced to accept a more free trade oriented package due to her integration into the European community. The importance of the European economic and diplomatic relationships led France to accept a GATT...

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