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Neighborhood Effects and Individual Unemployment
Bauer, Thomas K. - 2011
Using a unique dataset for Germany that links individual longitudinal data from the GSOEP to regional data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119023
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The Impact of Demographic Change on Human Capital Accumulation
Fertig, Michael - 2009
effect of the relative cohort size on educational attainment of young adults in Germany is analyzed utilizing data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159508
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The Phantom of the Opera : Cultural Amenities, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth
Falck, Oliver - 2020
We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibrium share of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasi-natural experiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution of baroque opera houses built as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857538
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Business Cycles and Start-Ups Across Industries : An Empirical Analysis of German Regions
Konon, Alexander - 2018
We analyze whether start-up rates in different industries systematically change with business cycle variables. Using a unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of the business cycle on entries in both innovative and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919510
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Business Cycles, Unemployment and Entrepreneurial Entry : Evidence from Germany
Fritsch, Michael - 2014
what extent business cycles or unemployment levels influence entries into entrepreneurship. Our analysis for Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061445
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Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Germany : The Importance of Heterogeneity and Attrition Bias
Fertig, Michael; Schurer, Stefanie - 2021
Heterogeneity in the ethnic composition of Germany's immigrant population renders general conclusions on the degree of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316925
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Always Poor or Never Poor and Nothing in Between? Duration of Child Poverty in Germany
Fertig, Michael; Tamm, Marcus - 2021
This paper analyses the duration of child poverty in Germany. In our sample, we observe the entire income history from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317211
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A Portrait of Child Poverty in Germany
Corak, Miles; Fertig, Michael; Tamm, Marcus - 2021
This paper offers a descriptive portrait of income poverty among children in Germany between the early 1980s and 2001 … focuses upon comparisons between East and West Germany, by family structure, and citizenship status. Child poverty rates have … the incidence of child poverty and its dynamics between East and West Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318645
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The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment in Germany
Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - 2021
effect of age at school entry on educational attainment for West and East Germany. Empirical results from linear probability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318673
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Shot Across the Bow, Stigma or Selection? The Effect of Repeating a Class on Educational Attainment
Fertig, Michael - 2021
The German practice of compelling weak students to repeat a class has come under heavy criticism recently. Many observers fear that this practice is, at best, useless or even counterproductive. However, little is known so far on the consequences of having to repeat a class, as compared to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319110