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Unsustainable household debt : problems of measurement
Gibbons, Damon - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 89 (2020) 1, pp. 101-113
between household debt levels, financial stability risks, and the ongoing implications of the ‘debt overhang’ for economic … growth. However, accurately measuring the household debt burden remains problematic. Aggregate measures of household … indebtedness (e.?g. household liabilities relative to income) fail to fully capture the debt servicing burdens of households …
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Die Wirtschaft in Ostdeutschland 20 Jahre nach dem Fall der Mauer - Rückblick, Bestandsaufnahme, Perspektiven
Brenke, Karl (ed.) - 2009
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Die Disparität der Sparquoten Ost- und Westdeutschlands : kann der spezifische ostdeutsche Transformationsprozess die Abweichung erklären?
Baas, Timo - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 75 (2006) 4, pp. 121-134
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Timing of first births in East Germany after reunification
Kreyenfeld, Michaela - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 74-79
When German reunification was accompanied by a rapid decline in aggregate fertility rates, researchers particularly assigned high unemployment rates a dominant role for changes in fertility behavior. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we investigate changes in the timing of first birth in...
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The gender wage gap and discrimination, East Germany 1990 - 1997
Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 123-127
East Germany has undergone rapid transition from a socialist to a market economy since the fall of the Berlin Wall. We are interested in whether women are better off or worse off relative to men as a result of this transition. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel Data 1990-1997 to study wage...
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Income shocks, intergenerational transfers, and human capital in Germany
Croda, Enrica - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 180-186
This paper uses the GSOEP to analyze the impact of German reunification on financial transfers from parents to their adult children. A difference-in-differences approach is applied to estimate probability and amount of transfers. The analysis indicates that, across time, Easterners are less...
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Das Handelsvolumen der ostdeutschen Bundesländer mit Polen und Tschechien im Zuge der EU-Osterweiterung : Ergebnisse auf Basis eines Gravitationsmodells
Alecke, Björn; Mitze, Timo; Untiedt, Gerhard - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 72 (2003) 4, pp. 565-578
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Timing of first births in East Germany after reunification
Kreyenfeld, Michaela - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 74-79
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001574245
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The gender wage gap and discrimination, East Germany 1990 - 1997
Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 123-127
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001574267
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Income shocks, intergenerational transfers, and human capital in Germany
Croda, Enrica - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 180-186
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001574288