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Exploring the puzzle of human reproduction : register data based evidence from France and Germany
Lipowski, Cäcilia; Wilke, Ralf A.; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2020
Birth rates differ strongly across European states, https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/55902despite the deep economic harmonisation process related to European integration. This study uses large scale administrative data from France and Germany to analyse and directly compare fertility patterns...
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The impact of new technologies on the demand for heterogenous labour : empirical evidence from the German business-related services sector
Kaiser, Ulrich - 1998
The impact of technology on the demand for heterogeneous labor is controversely discussed throughout the literature. New technology which is said to favor high skilled labor and to substitute low skilled labor is often considered as the main reason for the decline in relative demand for low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621722
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Estimation of group structures in panel models with individual fixed effects
Mammen, Enno; Wilke, Ralf A.; Zapp, Kristina Maria - 2022
The fixed effects (FE) panel model is one of the main econometric tools in empirical economic research. A major practical limitation is that the parameters on time-constant covariates are not identifiable. This paper presents a new approach to grouping FE in the linear panel model to reduce...
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The role of structural funding for stability in the German banking sector
Schupp, Fabian; Silbermann, Leonid - 2017
We analyze whether, and if so by how much, stable funding would have contributed to the financial soundness of German banks in the time period between 1995 and 2013, before the Basel III liquidity regulation to address excessive maturity mismatches in the wake of the financial crisis via the Net...
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Chow-Lin x N : how adding a panel dimension can improve accuracy
Bettendorf, Timo; Bursian, Dirk - 2017
Single equation models are well established among academics and practitioners to perform temporal disaggregation of low frequency time series using available related series. In this paper, we propose an extension that exploits information from the cross-sectional dimension. More specifically, we...
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The economics of crime: Investigating the drugs-crime channel : empirical evidence from Panel Data of the German States
Entorf, Horst - 2001
The rising trends both in drug addiction and crime rates are of major public concern in Germany. Surprisingly, the economic theory of crime seems to ignore the drugs-crime nexus, whereas the criminological literature considers illicit drug use a main reason of criminal activities. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428420
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Refugee Migration and the Politics of Redistribution: Do Supply and Demand Meet?
Matakos, Konstantinos; Savolainen, Riikka; Tukiainen, Janne - 2020
Voter demand for less redistribution in the face of mass migration maps into actual outcomes insofar as politicians supplying these policies respond to it. We study whether establishing new asylum-seeker centers influences redistributive outcomes in Finnish local elections - a country where...
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Pre-Electoral Coalitions: Insights into the Creation of Political Parties
Hortala-Vallve, Rafael; Meriläinen, Jaakko; Tukiainen, … - 2021
We evaluate the causes and consequences of pre-electoral coalitions (PECs). In Finland, local elections use a proportional representation system with open lists, and parties may form joint lists. We document that PECs are more common between parties of equal size and similar ideology, and when...
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The limits of transparency as a means of reducing corruption
Parra, Daniel; Muñoz-Herrera, Manuel; Palacio, Luis - 2019
We use a laboratory experiment to study the impact of transparency on reducing corruption in contexts where … embezzlement and bribery can co-occur. These contexts are closely related to grand corruption settings, where different types of … corruption occur and allow people in power to take advantage of their position. Transparency is expected to have a positive …
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Evaluating multiple spatial dimensionsof economic growth in Brazil using spatial panel data models (1970-2000)
Resende, Guilherme Mendes; Carvalho, Alexandre Ywata de; … - 2015
The goal of this paper is to evaluate the results of regional economic growth estimates at multiple spatial scales using spatial panel data models. The spatial scales examined are minimum comparable areas, micro-regions, meso-regions and states over the period between 1970 and 2000. Alternative...
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