This paper examines how immigrants' migration duration and saving decisions in the host country respond to the … purchasing power parity (ppp) and the wage ratio between the host and source countries. It is shown that in theory immigrants may … stay longer in the host country as a result of an increase in ppp, in particular those with a high willingness to …

conditions in their country of origin. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 1984 to 2009 and macroeconomic … variables for 24 countries of origin, we exploit country-year variation for identification of the effect and panel data to … the degree of assimilation in Germany, which is consistent with a switch of migrants' reference point from home countries …

characteristics, for five samples (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), with data being drawn from the European Community … being more evident in Mediterranean countries. Panel data estimates reveal that, in general, caring tasks are mainly … countries …

wealth and work status in 9 countries that characterized by very different levels of start-up costs and liquidity constraints … marginal value of being an entrepreneur as a function of wealth. Countries with high start-up costs such as Italy, Spain and … France have flatter wealth gradients …

- Germany and Greece. We thus find that in most countries dispersion in earnings increases with educational levels and that …We address the impact of education upon wage inequality by drawing on evidence from fifteen European countries, during … - the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …

mergers. Cross-border Mamp;A is privately and socially more attractive than domestic mergers. National competition policy may … national mergers can be in the interest of individual countries if rent extraction possibilities are strong enough, but global … and the social desirability of national vs. international mergers in relation to three different issues, (i) the level of …

(the escalation effect) stressing domestic political instability as the main reason for international terrorism …What are the main causes of international terrorism? The lessons from the surge of academic research that followed 9 …/11 remain elusive. The careful investigation of the relative roles of economic and political conditions did little to change the …

-conscious emotions into anger. The argument is tested with original survey data from France, Germany, and the United States. The … anti-elite rhetoric causes considerably higher expressed anger about one's financial situation in France and Germany, but …Many observers have noticed the importance of anger in contemporary politics, particularly with reference to populism …

-foreigner sentiments, not only among US residents but also beyond US borders. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel … resulting in a considerable decrease in concerns over xenophobic hostility among the German population. Furthermore, in …

duration of unemployment and subsequent employment using German panel data and bivariate discrete time hazard rate models … ethnicities, while first and second generation Turks are identified as the major problem group. Therefore, policy should …