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Sometimes, winners lose : economic disparity and indigenization in Kazakhstan
Gang, Ira N.; Schmillen, Achim - 2014
formerly disadvantaged populations. Using one example of such policies - "Kazakhisation" in Kazakhstan - we investigate their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408907
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Returns to schooling in Kazakhstan : OLS and instrumental variables approach
Arabsheibani, Gholam Reza (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper examines rates of return to schooling in Kazakhstan using OLS and instrumental variable (IV) methodologies … underestimate the true rates of return. The results indicate that the returns to schooling in Kazakhstan have increased with … transition. This may reflect the relative scarcities of highly educated people in Kazakhstan with human capital that employers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003500323
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Returns to education in four transition countries : quantile regression approach
Staneva, Anita; Arabsheibani, Gholam Reza; Murphy, Philip - 2010
from Bulgaria, Russia, Kazakhstan and Serbia in 2003, we show that the return to education is heterogeneous across the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011538
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Economic and spatial determinants of interregional migration in Kazakhstan
Aldashev, Alisher; Dietz, Barbara - 2012
In this paper we analyze economic and spatial determinants of interregional migration in Kazakhstan using quarterly … should facilitate regional income convergence in Kazakhstan and improve living standards in depressed regions …. -- interregional migration ; Kazakhstan ; gravity model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530312
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Economic returns to speaking the right language(s)? : evidence from Kazakhstan's shift in state language and language of instruction
Aldashev, Alisher; Danzer, Alexander M. - 2014
This paper investigates the economic returns to language skills and bilingualism. The analysis is staged in Kazakhstan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434518
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The political economy of Kazakhstan: a case of good economics, bad politics?
Commander, Simon; Prieskienyte, Ruta - 2021
investment? Can 'good economics' somehow offset the effects of 'bad' politics? Kazakhstan is a case where an autocratic regime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012589873
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On the origin and composition of the German East-West population gap
Eder, Christoph; Halla, Martin - 2018
The East-West gap in the German population is believed to originate from migrants escaping the socialist regime in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). We use newly collected regional data and the combination of a regression discontinuity design in space with a difference-in-differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011958646
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The impact of local public services and geographical cost of living differences on poverty estimates
Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne; … - 2008
Despite a broad consensus on the need to take into account the value of public services and geographical cost of living differences when measuring poverty, there is little reliable evidence on how these factors actually affect poverty estimates. Unlike the standard approach in studies of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755513
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Zipf's law for cities in the regions and the country
Giesen, Kristian (contributor); Südekum, Jens (contributor) - 2009
The salient rank-size rule known as Zipf's law is not only satisfied for Germany's national urban hierarchy, but also for the city size distributions in single German regions. To analyze this phenomenon, we build on the insights by Gabaix (1999) that Zipf's law follows from a stochastic growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794024
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No room to live : urban overcrowding in Edwardian Britain
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew - 2009
We study the extent of overcrowding amongst British urban working families in the early 1900s and find major regional differences. In particular, a much greater proportion of households in urban Scotland were overcrowded than in the rest of Britain and Ireland. We investigate the causes of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860382