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Active Inclusion of Immigrants in Poland

Duszczyk, Maciej - 2012

Poland has traditionally been treated as an emigration country. Since recently Poland has been changing into an emigration-immigration country. The latter, namely immigration, was boosted by the European Union membership and by stable and strong growth of the country. In the last years,...

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Competition vs. Monopoly in the Religious Marketplace : Judaism in the United States and Israel

Chiswick, Carmel U. - 2013

Economic analysis is used to compare different paradigms for understanding the marketplace for religions and religious ideas. The "Sacred Canopy" paradigm views it necessary for social stability to grant monopoly power to an official state religion. The "New Paradigm" views separation of Church...

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Authentic Happiness Theory Supported by Impact of Religion on Life Satisfaction : A Longitudinal Analysis with Data for Germany

Headey, Bruce - 2009

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP), this paper assesses the relationship between life satisfaction and religious practice. The main new result here is longitudinal. It is shown that individuals who become more religious over time record long term gains in life...

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Students' Academic Self-Perception

Chevalier, Arnaud; Gibbons, Stephen; Thorpe, Andy; … - 2021

Participation rates in higher education differ persistently between some groups in society. Using two British datasets we investigate whether this gap is rooted in students' misperception of their own and other's ability, thereby increasing the expected costs to studying. Among high school...

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Wars and Child Health : Evidence from the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict

Akresh, Richard - 2011

This is the first paper using household survey data from two countries involved in an international war (Eritrea and … sites to more accurately measure a child's war exposure. War-exposed children in both countries have lower height-for-age Z …-scores, with the children in the war-instigating and losing country (Eritrea) suffering more than the winning nation (Ethiopia …

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Drawn into Violence : Evidence on 'What Makes a Criminal' from the Vietnam Draft Lotteries

Lindo, Jason M. - 2010

Draft lottery number assignment during the Vietnam era provides a natural experiment to examine the effects of military service on crime. Using exact dates of birth for inmates in state and federal prisons in 1979, 1986, and 1991, we find robust evidence of effects on violent crimes among...

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War and Women's Work : Evidence from the Conflict in Nepal

Menon, Nidhiya - 2011

war on women's employment decisions. Results indicate that as a result of the Maoist-led insurgency, women's employment … probabilities were substantially higher in 2001 and 2006 relative to the outbreak of war in 1996. These employment results also hold …

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Deployments, Combat Exposure, and Crime

Anderson, D. Mark - 2013

, Colorado. These units were repeatedly deployed during the Iraq War, allowing us to measure the effect of arguably exogenous …

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Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the Dynamics of Violence between the United States and the Taliban

Jaeger, David A. - 2012

Strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been the primary weapon used by the United States to combat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This paper examines the dynamics of violence involving drone strikes and the Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan from...

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War During Childhood : The Long Run Effects of Warfare on Health

Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2017

This paper estimates the causal long-term consequences of an exposure to war in utero and during childhood on the risk …

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