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Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? A comparison of Europe and the United States 2006-2016

Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - 2018

-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and the United States, and their association with asymmetric labour … market shocks. Based on fixed-effects regressions using regional panel data, we find that Europe's migratory response to … measured population changes in Europe were due to migration for employment purposes - i.e. an upper-bound estimate - up to …

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Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? A comparison of Europe and the United States

Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 2014

new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … in Europe. Indeed, in contrast to the pre-crisis situation and the findings of previous empirical studies, there is … tentative evidence that the migration response to the crisis has been considerable in Europe, in contrast to the United States …

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The income distribution of voters: A case study from Germany

Engelhardt, Carina; Wagener, Andreas - 2017

Although voter turnout in the 2013 general election to the German Bundestag differed considerably across income brackets, the income distribution of voters did not differ, in a statistically significant way, from that of the entire population. The non-uniform turnout, thus, is unlikely to affect...

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Critical Remarks on Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty-first Century'

Homburg, Stefan - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 2014

This paper discusses the central macroeconomic claims that are made in Thomas Piketty's book 'Capital in the Twenty-first Century'. The paper aims to show that Piketty's contentions are not only logically flawed but also contradicted by his own data.

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Der "soziale Ausgleich" in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung

Lutz, Peter F.; Schneider, Ulrike - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 1997

In der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV) müssen einige Versicherte einen geringeren, andere einen höheren als den versicherungstechnisch äquivalenten Beitrag entrichten. Die dadurch bewirkte Umverteilung wird in der Sozialpolitik als sozialer Ausgleich bezeichnet. Der Beitrag entwickelt...

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Geldschöpfungsgewinne in einer Europäischen Währungsunion

Lange, Carsten; Nolte, Florian - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 1997

Das Papier untersucht die durch eine Europäische Währungsunion zu erwartenden Änderungen der Geldschöpfungsgewinne der Mitgliedsländer. Dazu werden die zwischen 1980 und 1995 erzielten einzelstaatlichen Geldschöpfungsgewinne nach dem monetären und dem Opportunitätskostenkonzept...

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Foreign direct investment in Ukraine

Puzikova, Valentyna - 2023

The Ukrainian economy cannot ensure economic reconstruction after the war and needs new opportunities for its development. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an important instrument that can help. FDI provides capital relevant for increasing the profitability of economic sectors. FDI is also...

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The Simplest Unified Growth Theory

Strulik, Holger; Weisdorf, Jacob - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 2007

This paper provides a unified growth theory, i.e. a model that explains the very long-run economic and demographic development path of industrialized economies, stretching from the pre-industrial era to present-day and beyond. Making strict use of Malthus' (1798) so-called preventive check...

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Fiscal Stimulus: A Neoclassical Perspective

Strulik, Holger; Trimborn, Timo - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 2009

Can a large-scale defcit spending program speed up recovery after recession? To answer that question we calibrate a standard neoclassical growth model with US data and assume that an exogenous shock has driven aggregate output far below steady-state level. We calibrate the model such that a...

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How Child Costs and Survival Shaped the Industrial Revolution and the Demographic Transition: A Theoretical Inquiry

Strulik, Holger; Weisdorf, Jacob - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 2010

This study provides a uni ed growth theory to correctly predict the initially negative and subsequently positive relationship between child mortality and net reproduction observed in industrialized countries over the course of their demographic transitions. The model captures the intricate...

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