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Cultural Diversity and Cultural Distance as Choice Determinants of Migration Destination

Wang, Zhiling; Graaff, Thomas de; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants’ varying preferences...

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Sorting based on Urban Heritage and Income: Evidence from the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area

Duijn, Mark van; Rouwendal, Jan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2015

Urban heritage is often concentrated in conservation areas with a protected status. Previous research argues that urban heritage attracts especially higher educated households who are likely to have higher incomes. The presence of these households may have a further impact on the attractiveness...

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Wage Dispersion in Russia

Grogan, L.A. - Tinbergen Instituut - 1997

Federation. Wage and income dispersion have increased markedly in Russia in the sixyears since the transition began. Some studies …

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Risk Sharing in Labour Markets

Bigsten, Arne; Collier, Paul; Dercon, Stefan; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

insurance to employers: when firms are hit by temporary shocks the effect on profits is cushioned by risk sharing with workers …

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Insurance, Entrepreneurial Start-Up, and Performance

Ejrnæs, Mette; Hochguertel, Stefan - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

Availability of (partial) insurance mechanisms is arguably important for the decision of (riskaverse) workers to start … up a risky entrepreneurial venture. Using administrative data from Denmark, where unemployment insurance (UI) is … UI choice process. Results show that the causal effect of insurance on the probability of starting up a venture is …

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Risk Diversification by European Financial Conglomerates

Slijkerman, Jan Frederik; Schoenmaker, Dirk; Vries, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

We study the dependence between the downside risk of European banks and insurers. Since the downside risk of banks and insurers differs, an interesting question from a supervisory point of view is the risk reduction that derives from diversification within large banks and financial...

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For Better and for Worse - How Unpaid Bride Wealth provides Security

Hoogeveen, Hans - Tinbergen Instituut - 2000

insurance mechanisms, bride wealth qualifies as an importantsecurity enhancing institution: the arrangement covers nearly the …

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Better Safe than Sorry? Ex Ante and Ex Post Moral Hazard in Dynamic Insurance Data

Abbring, Jaap; Chiappori, Pierre-André; Zavadil, Tibor - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008

This paper empirically analyzes moral hazard in car insurance using a dynamic theory of an insuree's dynamic risk (ex …

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Loss Modification Incentives for Insurers under Expected Utility and Loss Aversion

Soetevent, Adriaan R.; Zhou, Liting - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

Given the possibility to modify the probability of a loss, will a profit-maximizing insurer engage in loss prevention or is it in his interest to increase the loss probability? This paper investigates this question. First, we calculate the expected profit maximizing loss probability within an...

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Insurance and Information: Firms as a Commitment Device

Bovenberg, A.L.; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001

contracts to crowd out implicit insurance, even though the latter yields higher welfare.Integrating the principal-agent and …

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