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Refugee resettlement, redistribution and growth
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2018
This paper studies the effect of refugee resettlement on human capital accumulation. The analysis is performed in a … growth model with endogenous fertility. I show how refugee resettlement from a more advanced and wealthier economy to a less … countries. I also derive conditions for the proposed resettlement policy to stimulate human capital accumulation and hence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814840
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Forced displacement in history : some recent research
Becker, Sascha O. - 2022
Forced displacement as a consequence of wars, civil conflicts, or natural disasters does not only have contemporaneous consequences but also long-run repercussions. This eclectic overview summarizes some recent research on forced displacement in economic history. While many of the episodes...
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Inaccurate age and sex data in the census PUMS files : evidence and implications
Alexander, J. Trent; Davern, Michael E.; Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
We discover and document errors in public use microdata samples ("PUMS files") of the 2000 Census, the 2003-2006 American Community Survey, and the 2004-2009 Current Population Survey. For women and men ages 65 and older, age- and sex-specific population estimates generated from the PUMS files...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003937022
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Hold that ghost : using notches to identify manipulation of population-based grants
Foremny, Dirk; Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; Solé-Ollé, Albert - 2015
We study local government incentives to misreport the information required to implement a formula grant. We focus specifically on population, in theory the easiest variable for the grantor to verify. We analyze the Spanish case and show how a switch from the use of census to registered...
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Using micro-data to assess average tax rates
Clark, W. Steven - 2003
Measuring effective tax rates using tax revenue data is attractive, given that revenues collected capture the net effect of tax provisions and taxpayer behaviour that are difficult to model. Yet reliance on aggregate tax and income data requires restrictive assumptions and significantly limits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507989
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The German Local Population Database (GPOP), 1871 to 2019
Rösel, Felix - 2022
I present the first database of historical local population figures for all Germany. The German Local Population Database (GPOP) includes total population in 1871, 1910, 1939, 1946, 1961, 1987, 1996, 2011, and 2019 for the universe of all German municipalities, counties, and states at consistent...
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Health care expenditure and income : a global perspective
Baltagi, Badi H.; Lagravinese, Raffaele; Moscone, Francesco - 2016
This paper investigates the long-run economic relationship between health care expenditure and income in the world … using data on 167 countries over the period 1995-2012, collected from the World Bank data set. The analysis is carried using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540773
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Efficiency of universities and research-focused institutions worldwide : an empirical DEA investigation ased on institutional publication numbers and estimated academic staff numbe...
Bornmann, Lutz; Gralka, Sabine Marlene; Moya Anegón, … - 2020
One of the core indicators in the field of scientometrics is the number of papers published by a unit within a given period. However, such indicators can only be assessed properly by considering the unit’s available resources. When evaluating the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the...
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Banking permits : economic efficiency and distributional effects
Bosetti, Valentina (contributor); Carraro, Carlo (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635240
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Global trends in numeracy 1820-1949 and its implications for long-run growth
Crayen, Dorothee (contributor); Baten, Jörg (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641631