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The returns to cognitive abilities and personality traits in Germany
Heineck, Guido; Anger, Silke - 2008
' wages only. Findings for personality traits are more heterogeneous. There however is a robust wage penalty for an external …
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In vino pecunia? The association between beverage-specific drinking behavior and wages
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Grabka, Markus M. - 2008
The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature … behavior and wages. In our analysis, we disentangle the general wage effect of drinking into diverse effects for different … types of drinkers. Mincerian estimates reveal significant and positive relationships between wine drinkers and wages as well …
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Key players and key groups in teams: A network approach using soccer data
Sarangi, Sudipta; Unlu, Emre - 2010
This paper provides a way of evaluating a player's contribution to her team and relates her effort to her salaries. We collect data from UEFA Euro 2008 Tournament and construct the passing network of each team. Then we determine the key player in the game while ranking all the other players too....
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How Should Europe Think About Economic Security?
Tagliapietra, Simone; Trasi, Cecilia - In: Intereconomics 59 (2024) 2, pp. 88-91
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The Spatial Evolution of a European Hydrogen Economy
Wolf, André - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 2, pp. 111-118
Green hydrogen has outgrown the testing stage: over the next few years, consortia across Europe will be investing large … sums to build the supply chains of tomorrow. However, Europe as a whole will only be successful if it aligns the …
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Developing European Safe Assets
Janse, Kalin Anev - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 6, pp. 315-319
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Economic gains from publicly provided education in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2007
The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided educa-tion and to analyse their impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and education-specific variation, from a cross-sectional...
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Non-additivity of subjective expectations over different time intervals
Haan, Peter; Sun, Chen; Sunde, Uwe; Weizsäcker, Georg - 2022
We examine the additivity of stock-market expectations over different time intervals. When asked about a ten-year interval, survey respondents expect a stock-price change that is not equal to, but closer to zero than, the sum of their expectations over two shorter time intervals that cover the...
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Human capital and economic development: A macroeconomic assessment
Gundlach, Erich - In: Intereconomics 32 (1997) 1, pp. 23-35
The role of human capital has so far not been well documented at the macroeconomic level. Many empirical studies lack a consistent theoretical foundation and there are measurement problems due to a very narrow concept of human capital focusing on formal education. Future empirical research...
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Are There Any Class Size Effects On Early Career Earnings In West Germany?
Baumgartner, Hans J. - 2004
The paper analyses the effect of class size, which stands proxy for school quality, on early career earnings. Using confidential district level information from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), it is demonstrated that class size has no discernible effect on early career earnings. This...
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