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explanatory variables.This approach is applied to German survey data. Our estimation results suggest that a reduction in tobacco …
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The accuracy of macroeconomic forecast depends on various factors, most importantly the mix of analytical methods used by the individual forecasters, the way that their personal experience is shaping their identification strategies, but also their efficiency in translating new information into...
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Recently, building on the highly polarizing Stiglitz report, a growing literature suggests that statistical offices and applied researchers explore other aspects of human welfare apart from material well-being, such as job security, crime, health, environmental factors and subjective...
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This paper examines the patterns of educational assortative mating in East and West Germany. In the literature it is … mating can lead to polarization and exacerbate economic inequality. For Germany, little is known about actual patterns of … marriage formation along educational lines. Our empirical analysis for Germany shows that educational assortative mating has …
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Based on multivariate linear regression models, we analyze the effect of the lunar cycle and the number of sunspots occurring on a particular day on the number of births using social security data and controlling for a number of other potential confounders. The daily number of births between...
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effect of the relative cohort size on educational attainment of young adults in Germany is analyzed utilizing data from the …
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exploiting the regression-discontinuity design of the military draft in Germany during the 1950s. Unbiased estimates of military …
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” phenomenon in Germany remains relatively small and statistically unchanged by the Hartz reforms …
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countries using a statistical risk indicator and empirical energy data for the years 1978 through 2007. We find that Germany … nuclear phase-out, Germany's supply risk can be expected to rise further and to approach the level of Italy. Due to its …
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parameter. Applying the proposed concept to empirical energy data on Germany and the U.S. (1980-2004), we find that there is an … inter-temporally increasing gap in the energy supply risk between both countries, with Germany suffering much more from a …
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