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Rural Electrification and Domestic Violence in Sub Saharan Africa

Sievert, Maximiliane - 2024

Electrification is frequently said to foster women's development and contribute to a modernization of gender roles. Using Demographic and Health Survey data from rural areas in 22 Sub-Saharan countries collected between 1999 and 2014, this paper examines the role of electricity access in...

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Multigenerational Living Arrangements among Migrants

Flake, Regina - 2012

There is a significantly higher prevalence of multigenerational living arrangements among migrants than among natives in Germany which may be explained with migrants choosing this household structure in order to compensate for economic disadvantages. This hypothesis is tested by analyzing the...

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Multigenerational Living Arrangements among Migrants

Flake, Regina - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012

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Climate anomalies and international migration: A disaggregated analysis for West Africa

Martinez Flores, Fernanda; Milusheva, Sveta; Reichert, … - 2021

Migration is one of the channels West African populations can use to adjust to the negative impacts of climate change … drive international migration decisions within the region and toward Europe. The findings show that drier soil conditions …Migration ist eine der Möglichkeiten, welche die westafrikanische Bevölkerung nutzen kann, um sich an die negativen …

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Financial Uncertainty in Germany and its Impact on Western European Terrorism

Jovanovic, Mario - 2011

This paper analyses the link between the VDAX as a proxy for European financial uncertainty and the number of terror incidents in Western Europe. Considering data of the Global Terrorism Database, the number of terror incidents does - on average - not affect financial uncertainty. In contrast,...

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Financial Uncertainty in Germany and its Impact on Western European Terrorism

Jovanovic, Mario - 2011

This paper analyses the link between the VDAX as a proxy for European financial uncertainty and the number of terror incidents in Western Europe. Considering data of the Global Terrorism Database, the number of terror incidents does – on average – not affect financial uncertainty. In...

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Financial Uncertainty in Germany and its Impact on Western European Terrorism

Jovanovic, Mario - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011

This paper analyses the link between the VDAX as a proxy for European financial uncertainty and the number of terror incidents in Western Europe. Considering data of the Global Terrorism Database, the number of terror incidents does – on average – not affect financial uncertainty. In...

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Why Are More Boys Born During War? - Evidence from Germany at Mid Century

Bethmann, Dirk; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2009

In belligerent countries, male-to-female sex ratios at birth increased during and shortly after the two world wars. These rises still defy explanation. Several causes have been suggested (but not tested) in the literature. Many of these causes are proximate in nature, reflecting behavioral...

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In sickness and in health? Health shocks and relationship breakdown: Empirical evidence from Germany

Bünnings, Christian; Hafner, Lucas; Reif, Simon; … - 2020

From an economic perspective, marriage and long-term partnership can be seen as a riskpooling device. This informal insurance contract is, however, not fully enforceable. Each partner is free to leave when his or her support is needed in case of an adverse life event. An adverse health shock is...

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Violence against women and the substitution of help services in times of lockdown: Triangulation of three data sources in Germany

Ebert, Cara; Steinert, Janina - 2024

We study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence against women in Germany in 2020. The analysis draws on three data sources: (1) longitudinal administrative data on the volume of help requests to helplines, shelters and counselling services, (2) cross-sectional survey data...

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