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Intergenerational mobility and the rise and fall of inequality: Lessons from Latin America
Neidhöfer, Guido - 2018
Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents' and children's economic well-being; i.e. low intergenerational mobility. This study is the first to test this relationship in a between-country and within-country setup; using harmonized micro data from 18...
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Social mobility and economic development
Neidhöfer, Guido; Ciaschi, Matías; Gasparini, Leonardo; … - 2021
We explore the role of social mobility as a driver of economic development. First, we map the geography of … that increasing social mobility had a significant and robust effect on the development of Latin American regions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698580
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Gender differences in business success of German start-up firms
Gottschalk, Sandra; Niefert, Michaela - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304461
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Welcome on board? Appointment dynamics of women as directors
Schoonjans, Eline; Hottenrott, Hanna; Buchwald, Achim - 2023
organizational and group-level behavior theories and empirically investigates how ex-ante board structures and gender-specific board … director appointments are gender specific and suggest that demand-side factors such as explicit and implicit norms drive women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014000505
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Gender differences in business success of German start-up firms
Gottschalk, Sandra; Niefert, Michaela - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003572
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Women on the board and executive duration: Evidence for European listed firms
Buchwald, Achim; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2015
diversity suggests positive effects of gender diverse boards on corporate governance and even firm performance. The mechanism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491290
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Women on the board and executive duration: Evidence for European listed firms
Buchwald, Achim; Hottenrott, Hanna - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015
diversity suggests positive effects of gender diverse boards on corporate governance and even firm performance. The mechanism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203170
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Self-Productivity and Complementarities in Human Development: Evidence from MARS
Laucht, Manfred; Coneus, Katja; Blomeyer, Dorothea; … - 2008
and that differences in basic abilities increase during development. Self-productivity rises in the developmental process … presumably a major reason for the evolution of inequality in human development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298078
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Early Childhood
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2008
The prevalence and importance of children's physical health problems have been increasingly recognized in recent years. Physical health problems of children such as obesity, motor impairment and chronic diseases cause social costs. Further, they can lead directly to adult physical health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298650
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Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development and Children's Achievement
Laucht, Manfred; Coneus, Katja; Blomeyer, Dorothea; … - 2008
This paper investigates the development of basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities from infancy to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298681