modelling approach and estimation results for the trade submodels are presented in some detail and simmulation results for the …

Religion is increasingly acknowledged to be a cultural dimension which affects economic outcomes in different regards …. This contribution focuses on religion’s possible impact on the shadow economy. Different dimensions of the religious … religions, religious competition or the proximity between religion and the state. The empirical test makes use of the largest …

We investigate the effect of peer group composition on language improvement in language classes for adults. Using … unique survey data of migrants participating in an intensive language course in Germany, we find that the age and skill … of regions of origin on average obtain improvements in language skills with a higher probability. …

Prior to the introduction of mother tongue based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in … Ethiopia's primary schools was the official language (Amharic) - the mother tongue of only one third of the population. This … the effects of language of instruction on reading skills and early labour market outcomes. The results indicate that the …

conventional trade cost channel and trade effects deriving from “implicit currency misalignment”. Econometric estimation reveals …