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Media coverage and immigration worries: Econometric evidence
Benesch, Christine; Loretz, Simon; Stadelmann, David; … - 2018
This paper empirically explores the link between mass media coverage of migration and immigration worries. Using … detailed data on media coverage in Germany, we show that the amount of media reports regarding migration issues is positively …-variant individual control variables and individual fixed-effects. We employ media spillovers from the neighboring country of Switzerland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872843
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Examining the "veggie" personality: Results from a representative German sample
Pfeiler, Tamara M. M.; Egloff, Boris - 2017
An increasing proportion of people choose to follow a vegetarian diet. To date, however, little is known about if and how individual differences in personality relate to following a vegetarian diet. In the two studies presented here, we aimed to (1) estimate the prevalence of self-defined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763762
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Offshoring, tasks, and the skill-wage pattern
Baumgarten, Daniel; Geishecker, Ingo; Görg, Holger - 2010
The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be offshored. Our analysis relates to recent theoretical contributions arguing that there is only a loose relationship between the suitability of a task for offshoring and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283029
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Offshoring, Tasks, and the Skill-Wage Pattern
Baumgarten, Daniel; Geishecker, Ingo; Görg, Holger - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be offshored. Our analysis relates to recent theoretical contributions arguing that there is only a loose relationship between the suitability of a task for offshoring and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519443
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On the Economics and Biology of Trust
Fehr, Ernst - 2008
In recent years, many social scientists have claimed that trust plays an important role in economic and social transactions. Despite its proposed importance, the measurement and the definition of trust seem to be not fully settled, and the identification of the exact role of trust in economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600798
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On the Economics and Biology of Trust
Fehr, Ernst - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
In recent years, many social scientists have claimed that trust plays an important role in economic and social transactions. Despite its proposed importance, the measurement and the definition of trust seem to be not fully settled, and the identification of the exact role of trust in economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018701
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Arbeitsmarktintegration: Spielt der Geburtsort eine Rolle? Eine empirische Untersuchung mit Daten des SOEP zum Zusammenhang zwischen Geburtsort und Arbeitsmarkterfolg von Migranten...
Kostmann, Michael - 2015
autochthonous German population. Using the IAB-SOEP-Migration Sample 2013, differences between first- and second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010527617
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Das Glück der Migranten: Eine Lebenslaufanalyse zum subjektiven Wohlbefinden von Migranten der ersten Generation in Deutschland
Brockmann, Hilke - 2012
Wie glücklich sind Migranten der ersten Generation in Deutschland heute? Wie beeinflussen formelle oder informelle Diskriminierungen ihre Lebenszufriedenheit? Welchen Einfluss haben materielle und immaterielle Ressourcen? Welche Vergleichsmaßstäbe ziehen sie zur Beurteilung ihres Glücks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290730
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Exposure to television and individual beliefs: Evidence from a natural experiment
Hennighausen, Tanja - 2013
Does the information provided by mass media have the power to persistently affect individual beliefs about the drivers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291483
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Exposure to Television and Individual Beliefs: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Hennighausen, Tanja - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
Does the information provided by mass media have the power to persistently affect individual beliefs about the drivers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607550