This paper exploits rich SOEP microdata to analyze state-level variation in health care utilization in Germany. Unlike … individual-level and state-level factors that may contribute to the geographic variation in health care utilization. The raw data …-level differences vanish once we control for individual-level socio-economic characteristics, the respondents' health status, their …

will hamper remittance growth. We revisit the relationship between education and remitting behavior using microdata from … surveys of immigrants in eleven major destination countries. The data show a mixed pattern between education and the … microdata then allow investigation as to why the more educated remit more. We find the higher income earned by migrants, rather …

A new generation of data sets became available recently in the research data centres of the German statistical offices … their research potential. Furthermore, and looking ahead to the next generation of data, it discusses an ongoing project …. These new data combine information for firms gathered in different surveys (or from other sources) that could not be …

can be detected with micro data at the firm-level, but that using linkage variables computed from input-output tables at …Our estimates, based on large firm-level and industry-level data sets from eighteen countries, suggest that FDI and …

This paper investigates the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes through the use of a unique micro …

practice patient records data from New Zealand for 2009-2012. The CEM model, which exploits a discretization of the data to …

, positive and negative reciprocity, altruism, and trust. We collected these preference data as well as a rich set of covariates … countries, which is partly systematic: certain preferences appear in combination, and follow distinct economic, institutional … family structure. We also shed light on the cultural origins of preference variation around the globe using data on language …

comprehensive analysis of the types of historical data most commonly used in economic research and discuss a variety of issues that …The use of historical data has become a standard tool in economics, serving three main purposes: to examine the … influence of the past on current economic outcomes; to use unique natural experiments to test modern economic theories; and to …

periods and spatial units, for which reliable data on economic activity are otherwise not available. In developing this unique …. Compared to satellite data on night light intensity, another common economic proxy, our proxy more precisely predicts economic … Germany, where East German data on economic activity are unavailable for detailed regional levels and historical time series …

on the academic job market using data from a European-based economic research institution. If included in the treatment …