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The Long-Term Direct and External Effects of Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2011
This paper provides causal evidence on long-term consequences of Jewish expulsions in Nazi Germany on the educational attainment and political outcomes of German children. We combine a unique city-level dataset on the fraction of Jewish population residing in Germany before the Nazi Regime with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122121
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The Effects of Conflict on Fertility : Evidence from the Genocide in Rwanda
Krähnert, Kati - 2019
This paper analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects of violence on both the … hazard of having a child in the early post-genocide period and on the total number of post-genocide births up to 15 years …-level sex ratio. Results indicate that the genocide had heterogeneous effects on fertility, depending on the type of violence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870153
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Surviving the Genocide : The Impact of the Rwandan Genocide on Child Mortality
Ciani, Federico - 2013
is measured exploiting the differential effects of timing of birth and genocide intensity at the household and geographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077304
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Social Networks and Surviving the Holocaust
Bělín, Matěj; Jelínek, Tomáš; Jurajda, Stepan - 2022
Survivor testimonies link survival in deadly POW camps, Gulags, and Nazi concentration camps to the formation of close friendships with other prisoners. We provide statistical evidence consistent with these fundamentally selective testimonies. We study the survival of the 140 thousand Jews who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083811
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The Spread of Anti-Trafficking Policies : Evidence from a New Index
Cho, Seo-Young - 2011
We analyze the spread of policies dealing with international trafficking in human beings. Arguing that countries are unlikely to make independent choices, we identify pressure, externalities and learning or emulation as plausible diffusion mechanisms for spatial dependence in anti-trafficking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128229
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Democratization and civil liberties : the role of violence during the transition
Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe; Sunde, Uwe - 2011
This paper investigates the role of violent civil conflicts during the process of democratization for the quality of emerging democracies, and in particular, the protection of civil (political and economic) liberties. A simple theory in which different groups may engage in violent conflict in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124075
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What Makes a Young Entrepreneur?
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper documents some of the patterns in modern microeconomic data on youngpeople´s employment, attitudes and entrepreneurial behaviour. Among other sources, thepaper uses the Eurobarometer Surveys; the Labour Force Surveys from Canada and theCurrent Population Survey in the United States...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861518
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Impatience and Uncertainty : Experimental Decisions Predict Adolescents' Field Behavior
Sutter, Matthias - 2011
We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to eighteen years, in an incentivized experiment. We relate experimental choices to field behavior. Experimental measures of impatience are found to be significant predictors of health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131926
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Are Young People's Educational Outcomes Linked to Their Sense of Control?
Baron, Juan D. - 2011
This paper analyzes the link between young people's sense (locus) of control over their lives and their investments in education. We find that young people with a more internal locus of control have a higher probability of finishing secondary school and, conditional on completion, meeting the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133598
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Financial Stress, Family Conflict, and Youths' Successful Transition to Adult Roles
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011
transitions to inactivity and public assistance, while youth reports of financial stresses are associated with earlier nest … associated with youth making later transitions. Overall, financial stress and conflict have independent effects on youths …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134078