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Constrained firms, not subsistence activities: Evidence on capital returns and accumulation in Peruvian microenterprises
Göbel, Kristin; Grimm, Michael; Lay, Jann - 2012
We investigate the returns to capital and capital accumulation using panel data of Peruvian micro enterprises (MEs). Marginal returns to capital are found to be very high at low levels of capital, but rapidly decreasing at higher levels. The dynamic analyses of capital accumulation in MEs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289847
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Equilibrium allele distribution in trading populations
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2006
This paper derives the conditions under which fitness-reducing alleles can survive in a long-run stationary equilibrium for a trading population, extending the results in Saint-Paul (2002) for arbitrary systems of sexual reproduction.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267633
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Genetic, cultural and geographical distances
Giuliano, Paola; Spilimbergo, Antonio; Tonon, Giovanni - 2006
measures of geography within Europe, we show that i) geography explains both genetic distance and transportation costs between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267771
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Are Wages in Southern Europe More Flexible? : The Effects of Cohort Size on European Earnings
Brunello, Giorgio; Lauer, Charlotte - 2004
study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262046
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Trends in economic research: an international perspective
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimarães, Paulo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
of research in economics. Our findings indicate that Europe is catching up with the US but, in terms of influential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269503
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Years of schooling, human capital and the body mass index of European females
Brunello, Giorgio; Fabbri, Daniele; Fort, Margherita - 2009
We use the compulsory school reforms implemented in European countries after the II World War to investigate the causal effect of education on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the incidence of overweight and obesity among European females. Our IV estimates suggest that years of schooling have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271261
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Decentralization, happiness and the perception of institutions
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2011
Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278374
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282226
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The effects of the recent economic crisis on social protection and labour market arrangements across socio-economic groups
Basso, Gaetano; Dolls, Matthias; Eichhorst, Werner; … - 2011
The Great Recession did not only affect European countries to a varying extent, its impact on national labour markets and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282291
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Compulsory schooling reforms, education and mortality in twentieth century Europe
Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - 2012
mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282359