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Nowcasting Regional GDP : The Case of the Free State of Saxony

Henzel, Steffen - 2015

We tackle the nowcasting problem at the regional level using a large set of indicators (regional, national and international) for the years 1998 to 2013. We explicitly use the ragged-edge data structure and consider the different information sets faced by a regional forecaster within each...

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Self-Preserving Leviathans - Evidence from Regional-Level Data

Kluge, Jan - 2015

This paper investigates the impact of the intensity of political competition on the leviathan behavior by political incumbents. Using panel data from German municipalities, we test whether the relative political strength of parties in local councils influences the spending behavior of...

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Do Ethnic Enclaves Impede Immigrants' Integration? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Social-Interaction Approach

Danzer, Alexander M.; Yaman, Firat - CESifo - 2012

concentration on social integration. The exogenous placement of immigrants “switches off” observable and unobservable differences in …-ethnics increases migrants’ interaction cost with natives and thus reduces the likelihood of integration. …

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Integrated Public Education, Fertility and Human Capital

Azarnert, Leonid V. - CESifo - 2011

This article analyzes the consequences of integration in public education. I show that the flight from the integrated … among more affluent parents whose children flee. In contrast, among less prosperous parents, integration in public education … rich, who can resort to private education. I also analyze the overall society-wide effect of the integration policy and …

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Tear Down this Wall: On the Persistence of Borders in Trade

Nitsch, Volker; Wolf, Nikolaus - CESifo - 2009

-West border; political integration is not rapidly followed by economic integration. Instead, we estimate that it takes at least …

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Inequality and Happiness : When Perceived Social Mobility and Economic Reality do not Match

Bjørnskov, Christian - 2010

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the perceived and the actual fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a simple model of individual labor-market participation under...

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The Dynamics of Income-Related Health Inequality Among US Children

Chatterji, Pinka - 2011

We estimate and decompose family income-related inequality in child health in the US and analyze its dynamics using the income-related health mobility index recently introduced by Allanson et al., 2010. Data come from the 1997, 2002, and 2007 waves of the Child Development Supplement (CDS) of...

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Can there Be a Wave-Like Association between Economic Growth and Inequality? Theory and Lessons for East Asia from the Middle East

Gangopadhyay, Partha - 2012

High income growth in many countries in East Asia and the Middle East has been accompanied by increasing income inequality and widening gaps between rich and poor, and urban and rural. It is therefore it is important to examine the interrelationships between inequality and economic growth. This...

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Bounds of Unfair Inequality of Opportunity : Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US

Niehues, Judith - 2012

Previous estimates of inequality of opportunity (IOp) are lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed characteristics beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. Knowing the true size of unfair IOp, however, is important for the acceptance of (some) inequality and...

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A Matter of Perspective : How Experience Shapes Preferences for Redistribution

Cassar, Lea - 2017

We investigate in a laboratory experiment if the experience of economic failure or success shapes people's preferences for redistribution beyond self-interest. Subjects generated a high or a low income either through a lottery or through an effort-based tournament. A sub-set of subjects could...

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