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Ponthiere, Gregory - 2015

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Trust and racial income inequality : evidence from the U.S.

Tesei, Andrea - 2015

Existing studies of trust formation in U.S. metropolitan areas have found that trust is lower when there is more income inequality and greater racial fragmentation. I add to this literature by examining the role of income inequality between racial groups (racial income inequality). I find that...

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Community leaders and the preservation of cultural traits

Prummer, Anja; Siedlarek, Jan-Peter - 2016

We explain persistent differences in cultural traits of immigrant groups with the presence of community leaders. Leaders influence the cultural traits of their community, which have an impact on the group's earnings. They determine whether a community will be more assimilated and wealthier or...

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Gender, social networks and peformance

Lindenlaub, Ilse; Prummer, Anja - 2016

This paper documents gender differences in social ties and develops a theory that links them to disparities in men's and women's labor market performance. Men's networks lead to better access to information, women's to higher peer pressure. Both affect effort in a model of teams, each beneficial...

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Various domains of integration of refugees and their interrelationships : a study of recent refugee inflows in Austria

Landesmann, Michael; Leitner, Sandra M. - 2019

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Religious & cultural leaders

Prummer, Anja - 2018

This paper surveys the existing literature on religious and cultural leaders. It discusses potential motivations of a leader and highlights that irrespective of his/her exact motivations, the presence of a leader is crucial for the cultural heterogeneity of a society. The impact of...

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The Long-Term Impact of Children's Disabilities on Families

Gunnsteinsson, Snaebjorn; Steingrimsdottir, Herdis - 2019

the household is also aﬀected as subsequent fertility is lower and partnership dissolution is more common. Finally …

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American Dream Delayed: Shifting Determinants of Homeownership

Khorunzhina, Natalia; Miller, Robert A. - 2019

This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model of discrete choice for labor supply, fertility and transition from … level wages led to lower fertility also contributing to the decline,because households with children are more likely to own …

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Roadblocks on the road to grandma's house : fertility consequences of delayed retirement

Battistin, Erich; De Nadai, Michele; Padula, Mario - 2015

We investigate the role of grandparental childcare for fertility decisions of their offspring. Exploiting pension … completed fertility for many cohorts in our data. Consistent with our interpretation, we show that results are limited to the … of changes of living arrangements and labor supply. Given the Italian lowest low fertility, we conclude that pension …

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Violence and birth outcomes : evidence from homicides in Brazil

Koppensteiner, Martin; Manacorda, Marco - 2015

This paper uses microdata from Brazilian natality and mortality vital statistics between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence - measured by homicide rates - on birth outcomes. The estimates show that exposure to violence during the first trimester of...

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