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What determines the intensity and objects of hatred? Hatred forms when people believe that out-groups are responsible for past and future crimes, but the reality of past crimes has little to do with the level of hatred. Instead, hatred is the result of an equilibrium where politicians supply...
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This paper deals with the labor market entrance of young people in the Federal Republic" of Germany. The main focus is … on failures during this stage. First, an overview of the youth" labor market in Germany is given. Then, the transition …
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The evolution of unemployment in West Germany and the U. S. stands in sharp contrast, with German unemployment much … big difference berween the two countries is that there is no feedback from wages to prices in Germany, and so high … unemployment does not put downward pressure on the inflation rate. During the 19705 and 19805 in Germany there emerged a growing …
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This paper presents a theoretical model dealing with the duration of youth unemployment in West Germany. Duration can …
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This study examines the determinants of the reservation wage of unemployed persons in the Federal Republic of Germany …
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There are many possible ways of reforming the Government-Sponsored Enterprises that insure mortgages against default, including a purely public option, complete privatization or a hybrid model with private firms and public catastrophic insurance. If the government is sufficiently capable and...
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Why are public-sector workers so heavily compensated with pensions and other non-pecuniary benefits? In this paper, we present a political economy model of shrouded compensation in which politicians compete for taxpayers' and public employees' votes by promising compensation packages, but some...
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Research on entrepreneurship often examines the local dimensions of new business formation. The local environment influences the choices of entrepreneurs; entrepreneurial success influences the local economy. Yet modern urban economics has paid relatively little attention to entrepreneurs. This...
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Historically, urban growth required enough development to grow and transport significant agricultural surpluses or a government effective enough to build an empire. But there has been an explosion of poor mega-cities over the last thirty years. A simple urban model illustrates that in closed...
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Cities generate negative, as well as positive, externalities; addressing those externalities requires both infrastructure and institutions. Providing clean water and removing refuse requires water and sewer pipes, but the urban poor are often unwilling to pay for the costs of that piping....
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