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Jobs, Crime, and Votes: A Short-run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany
Gehrsitz, Markus; Ungerer, Martin - 2017
Millions of refugees made their way to Europe between 2014 and 2015, with over one million arriving in Germany alone. Yet, little is known about the impact of this inflow on labor markets, crime, and voting behavior. This article uses administrative data on refugee allocation and provides an...
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The Effect of Community Size on Electoral Preferences: Evidence From Post-WWII Southern Germany
Fiorini, Luciana C.; Jetter, Michael; Parmeter, … - 2020
Populous communities often prefer more government involvement than less populous communities, but does community size per se affect citizens' preferences for government? Endogeneity commonly prevents testing for causal effects because (i) people can select into communities while (ii) government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322523
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Trust and Bribery : The Role of the Quid Pro Quo and the Link with Crime
Hunt, Jennifer - 2004
bribe, which reduces corruption. Appropriate networks are more easily established in small towns, by long-term residents of … battle against corruption faced by policy-makers in rapidly urbanizing countries with high fertility. I show that victims of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261925
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How Corruption Hits People When They Are Down
Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
are desperate, vulnerable, or demanding services particularly prone to corruption. The effect is strongest for bribery of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822385
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Bribery in Health Care in Peru and Uganda
Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper, I examine the role of household income in determining who bribes and how much they bribe in health care in Peru and Uganda. I find that rich patients are more likely than other patients to bribe in public health care: doubling household consumption increases the bribery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822739
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Trust and Bribery: The Role of the Quid Pro Quo and the Link with Crime
Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
bribe, which reduces corruption. Appropriate networks are more easily established in small towns, by long-term residents of … battle against corruption faced by policy-makers in rapidly urbanizing countries with high fertility. I show that victims of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822899
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Brain gain: claims about its size and impact on welfare and growth are greatly exaggerated
Schiff, Maurice - 2005
such a net brain gain results in an increase in welfare and growth due to education's positive externalities. This paper …) the impact on welfare and growth is smaller as well (for any brain gain size); iii) a positive brain gain is likely to … the stock of human capital may have a negative impact on welfare and growth; and v) in a dynamic framework, the paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267439
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Brain Gain: Claims about Its Size and Impact on Welfare and Growth Are Greatly Exaggerated
Schiff, Maurice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
such a net brain gain results in an increase in welfare and growth due to education’s positive externalities. This paper …) the impact on welfare and growth is smaller as well (for any brain gain size); iii) a positive brain gain is likely to … the stock of human capital may have a negative impact on welfare and growth; and v) in a dynamic framework, the paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233894
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A Model of Dynamic Conflict in Ethnocracies
Bakshi, Dripto; Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2015
We model an infinitely repeated Tullock contest, over the sharing of some given resource, between two ethnic groups. The resource is allocated by a composite state institution according to relative ethnic control; hence the ethnic groups contest the extent of institutional ethnic bias. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307363
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Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism
Gang, Ira N.; Epstein, Gil S. - 2004
We use economic theory to examine the intensity of fundamentalist sects. Leaders work to enhance their followers? observance level. We model three stylized situations under which fundamentalist groups function, examining the intensity of observance in each. We find that, under reasonable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261982