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Cultural influences on the fertility behaviour of first- and second-generation immigrants in Germany

Stichnoth, Holger; Yeter, Mustafa - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

Based on a 1% sample of the German population, we study how fertility rates in the country of origin-a proxy for cultural imprint-influence the fertility outcomes of first- and second-generation female immigrants. We use both total fertility rates in the year of migration and a new measure of...

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Wage discrimination and occupational segregation of foreign male workers in Germany

Velling, Johannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1995

We analyze wage discrimination against foreign male workers in Germany with respect to different nationality groups and … discrimination itself we applied a tobit estimation procedure to the wage equation and carried out the usual Blinder …/Oaxaca decomposition in the second step. We found a slight discrimination against all foreign male workers together, but considerably …

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Gender Earnings Gap in German Firms: The Impact of Firm Characteristics and Institutions

Heinze, Anja; Wolf, Elke - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006

Most existing analyses on the gender wage gap (GWG) have neglected the establishment as a place where inequality between male and female employees arises and is maintained. The use of linked employee-employer data permits us to move beyond the individual and consider the importance of the...

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What drives the demand of monetary financial institutions for domestic government bonds? Empirical evidence on the impact of Basel II and Basel III

Lang, Michael; Schröder, Michael - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

This paper examines the treatment of sovereign debt exposure within the Basel framework and measures the impact of bank regulation on the demand of Monetary Financial Institutions (MFI) for marketable sovereign debt. Our results suggest that bank regulation has a significant positive impact on...

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Incentive Problems in Banking Supervision: The European Case

Schüler, Martin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003

This paper discusses the incentive conflicts that arise in banking supervision in the EU in a principal-agent framework, where the regulator is the agent and the taxpayers is the principal. The regulatory agent in addition to maintaining financial stability (the objective of the principal) may...

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Further evidence on the (in-) efficiency of the U.S. housing market

Schindler, Felix - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

Extending the controversial findings from relevant literature on testing the efficient market hypothesis for the U.S. housing market, the results from the monthly and quarterly transaction-based Case-Shiller indices from 1987 to 2009 provide further empirical evidence on the rejection of the...

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Aging and urban house prices

Hiller, Norbert; Lerbs, Oliver W. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015

This paper investigates the long-run relationships between the size and age composition of a city's population and the price of local housing. For estimation purposes, we combine city-level demographic information with housing price data for 87 cities in Germany over the period 1995-2012....

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How efficient is the U.K. housing market?

Schindler, Felix - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

Extending the controversial findings from the relevant literature, the results from the quarterly transaction-based Nationwide indices from 1974 to 2009 provide further empirical evidence on the rejection of the weak-form version of efficiency in the U.K. housing market. In addition to...

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Volatilitätseffekte am US-amerikanischen Häusermarkt

Schindler, Felix - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

Während direkte Immobilieninvestments lang Zeit als renditeträchtig bei gleichzeitig begrenztem Risiko galten, führte den Anlegern insbesondere die gegenwärtige Finanzmarktkrise vor Augen, dass auch Immobilienanlagen insbesondere in den USamerikanischen Häusermarkt mit hohen Risiken...

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Social return on investment of mutual support based housing projects: Potential for socio-economic cost savings and higher living quality

Borgloh, Sarah; Westerheide, Peter - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

Our paper describes the results of a Social Return on Investment analysis of four new housing projects in Germany. A common characteristic of all projects is the central importance of mutual neighborly support to meet the demand for the assistance of older residents. All projects share some...

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