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Dialects, cultural identity, and economic exchange
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lameli, Alfred; … - 2010
; language ; culture ; internal migration ; gravity ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003939183
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Same same but different : dialects and trade
Lameli, Alfred; Nitsch, Volker; Südekum, Jens; Wolf, … - 2013
Language is a strong and robust determinant of international trade patterns: Countries sharing a common language trade … that this trade-promoting effect of language is likely to reflect cultural ties, rather than lower costs of communication … or similar institutions. Analyzing unique data for a single-language country, Germany, we find that similarities in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740276
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Environmental regulation and competitiveness : evidence from Romania
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2010
According to the pollution haven hypotheses differences in environmental regulation affect trade flows and plant location. Specifically, environmental stringency should decrease exports and increase imports of "dirty" goods. This paper estimates a gravity model to establish whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003984793
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On the pro-trade effects of immigrants
Bratti, Massimiliano; De Benedictis, Luca; Santoni, Gianluca - 2012
provinces coupled with the absence of cultural (e.g. language) or historical (colonial ties) attractors for immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548838
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The aggregate effects of trade and migration : evidence from OECD countries
Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - 2011
Two large but separate bodies of literature analyze the economic effects of international trade and immigration. Given that several factors are important determinants of both trade and migration flows, the previous studies are vulnerable to a potentially serious omitted-variables bias,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235086
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Does official development assistance affect donor's export? : case of Korea
Noh, Bobae; Heshmati, Almas - 2017
squares estimation method leads to accounting for two-ways causal relationships between ODA and export while the endogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612988
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The educational consequences of language proficiency for young children
Yao, Yuxin; Ohinata, Asako; Ours, Jan C. van - 2016
This paper studies the educational consequences of language proficiency by investigating the relationship between … modestly negative effect on boys' language test scores. In addition, we study whether there are spillover effects of peers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454358
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A gravity model of migration between ENC and EU
Ramos, Raúl; Suriñach Caralt, Jordi - 2013
Due to ageing population and low birth rates, the European Union (EU) will need to import foreign labour in the next decades. In this context, the EU neighbouring countries (ENC) are the main countries of origin and transit of legal and illegal migration towards Europe. Their economic, cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204507
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Cultural change and the migration choice
Lanati, Mauro; Venturini, Alessandra - 2018
cultural differences - such as common language, ethnicity, genetic traits or religion - implicitly assume that cultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816791
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Determinants and dynamics of forced migration to Europe : evidence from a 3-D model of flows and stocks
Brück, Tilman; Dunker, Kai M.; Ferguson, Neil T. N.; … - 2018
Violent conflict is a well-recognised driver of forced migration but literature does not usually consider the pull factors that might also cause irregular movements. In turn, the decision to leave and of where to go are rarely considered separately. This is in contrast to literature on regular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913541