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The livelihood effects of industrialization on displaced households: Evidence from falta special economic zone, West Bengal

Paul, Saumik; Sarma, Vengadeshvaran - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

Much of the debate on industrialization and displacement has, so far, focused on the optimum compensation for affected households. Our recently concluded study, comprising of a sample of 1017 households including 630 affected (displaced and land acquired) and 387 unaffected households, looks at...

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Religion and the shadow economy

Heinemann, Friedrich; Schneider, Friedrich G. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

Religion is increasingly acknowledged to be a cultural dimension which affects economic outcomes in different regards …. This contribution focuses on religion's possible impact on the shadow economy. Different dimensions of the religious … religions, religious competition or the proximity between religion and the state. The empirical test makes use of the largest …

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Entwicklungschancen und Umweltschutz durch Joint Implementation mit Indien

Kopp, Oliver; Bräuer, Wolfgang - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1998

Bei den Klimaverhandlungen in Kyoto einigten sich die Delegierten auf die Einrichtung eines sogenannten Clean Development Mechanism. Dabei handelt es sich um einen Vertragsmechanismus, dessen Herzstück die Gemeinsame Vertragsumsetzung ist, welche international als Joint Implementation...

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The optimal choice of a reference standard for income comparisons: indirect evidence from immigrants' return visits

Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

I propose two new tests of Falk and Knell's (2004)prediction that individuals'reference income increases with ability. To overcome the difficulty that the reference income is not observed in existing large data sets, I extend Falk and Knell's model to establish a link between immigrants'...

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Is the Welfare State Self-destructive? A Study of Government Benefit Morale

Heinemann, Friedrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

Assar Lindbeck has pointed to the problem that generous welfare state institutions may in the long-run undermine those social norms which limit the costs and incentives effects of the welfare state and thus guarantee its viability. This study is the first to assess the empirical validity of...

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What a Difference Immigration Law Makes: PISA Results, Migration Background and Social Mobility in Europe and Traditional Countries of Immigration

Minoiu, Nicoleta; Entorf, Horst - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries (France, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden) and traditional countries of...

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Violence in European schools: victimization and consequences

Ammermüller, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

Violence at schools is a well-known problem in many societies. This paper assesses the degree of school violence in 11 European countries and analyzes the determinants of being a victim and its effect on student performance. The study draws on the international TIMSS 2003 and the British...

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You can't be happier than your wife: happiness gaps and divorce

Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first...

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Peer effects in collaborative content generation: The evidence from German Wikipedia

Slivko, Olga - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

On Wikipedia, the largest online encyclopedia, editors who contribute to the same articles and exchange comments on articles' talk pages work in collaborative manner engaging in communication about their work. Thus they can be considered as peers who are likely to influence each other. In this...

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Youth unemployment in the OECD: The role of institutions

Sachs, Andreas; Smolny, Werner - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

This paper analyzes the role of labor market institutions for youth unemployment, as contrasted to total unemployment. The empirical results are basically consistent with an insider view of labor market institutions. Labor market institutions tend to protect (older) employees but might harm...

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