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Knowledge remittances : does emigration foster innovation?
Fackler, Thomas; Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2018
? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952002
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A macro-level analysis of adult-age language learning
Übelmesser, Silke; Weingarten, Severin - 2017
This article investigates the macro-level drivers of adult-age language learning. We construct a new dataset that covers German language learning in 77 countries (including Germany) for 1992-2006. Fixed-effects regressions show that language learning in the EU is strongly associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663341
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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018
Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898989
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Immigration restrictions as active labor market policy : evidence from the Mexican bracero exclusion
Clemens, Michael A.; Lewis, Ethan; Postel, Hannah M. - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615747
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Life-cycle consumption patterns at older ages in the US and the UK : can medical expenditures explain the difference?
Banks, James; Blundell, Richard W.; Levell, Peter; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538856
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Expenditure visibility and consumer behavior : new evidence
Heffetz, Ori - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926560
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Deconstructing lifecycle expenditure
Aguir, Mark; Hurst, Erik - 2008
"In this paper we revisit two well-known facts regarding lifecycle expenditures. The first is the familiar "hump …" shaped lifecycle profile of nondurable expenditures. We document that the behavior of total nondurables masks surprising … heterogeneity in the lifecycle profile of individual sub-components. We find, for example, that while food expenditures decline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003689867
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Consumption dynamics during recessions
Berger, David; Vavra, Joseph - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370945
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The effect of unconventional fiscal policy on consumption expenditure
D'Acunto, Francesco; Hoang, Daniel; Weber, Michael - 2016 - This version: August 2016
Unconventional fiscal policy uses announcements of future increases in consumption taxes to generate inflation expectations and accelerate consumption expenditure. It is budget neutral and time consistent. We exploit a unique natural experiment for an empirical test of the effectiveness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523731
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Non-durable consumption and housing net worth in the Great Recession : evidence from easily accessible data
Kaplan, Greg; Mitman, Kurt; Violante, Giovanni L. - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485677