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Violence in European schools : victimization and consequences
Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor) - 2007
Violence at schools is a well-known problem in many societies. This paper assesses the degree of school violence in 11 … the international TIMSS 2003 and the British longitudinal NCDS data. The level of school violence is high in most … important peer effect that should not be omitted in the estimation of educational production functions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003412058
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Understanding the effects of violent video games on violent crime
Cunningham, A. Scott; Engelstätter, Benjamin; Ward, … - 2011
, violent video games lead to decreases in violent crime. -- Video Games ; Violence ; Crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009159870
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Selection bias in innovation studies : a simple test
De Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Wastyn, Annelies - 2012
The study of the innovative output of firms often relies on a count of patents filed at one single office of reference such as the European Patent Office (EPO). Yet, not all firms file their patents at the EPO, raising the specter of a selection bias. Using a novel dataset of the whole...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009509662
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Imputation rules for the implementation of the pre-unication education variable in the BASiD data set
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Nolte, André - 2016
Using combined data from the German Pension Insurance and the Federal Employment Agency (BASiD), this study proposes different procedures for imputing the pre-unification education variable in the BASiD data. To do so, we exploit information on education-related periods that are creditable for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441089
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Selbständigkeit in Europa 1991 - 2003 : empirische Evidenz mit Länderdaten
Göggel, Kathrin (contributor); Gräb, Johannes (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003302726
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Corporate finance and restructuring : evidence from Central and Eastern Europe
Köke, F. Jens; Salem, Tanja - 2000
After the end of communism enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) were marked by low levels of labor productivity, mainly because of too high employment levels. According to economic theory, the corporate capital structure can be an important element in the restructuring process. But...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444618
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A macroeconomic model for the evaluation of labor market reforms
Krebs, Tom; Scheffel, Martin - 2010
We develop a tractable macroeconomic model with employment risk and labor market search in order evaluate the effects of labor market reform on unemployment, growth, and welfare. The model has a large number of risk-averse households who can invest in risk-free physical capital and risky human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008651589
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Der Einfluss öffentlichen Eigentums auf die Preissetzung in deutschen Haushaltsstrommärkten
Nikogosian, Vigen; Veith, Tobias - 2010
In der aktuellen Debatte zur Rekommunalisierung von Stromanbietern wird häufig das Argument der sicheren Versorgung zu niedrigen Preisen von Vertretern öffentlicher Eigentümer angeführt. Während die sichere Belieferung mit Strom im Rahmen der Grundversorgung gesetzlich vorgeschrieben ist,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702243
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Price and income elasticities of residential energy demand in Germany
Schulte, Isabella; Heindl, Peter - 2016
We apply a quadratic expenditure system to estimate price and expenditure elasticities of residential energy demand (electricity and heating) in Germany. Using official expenditure data from 1993 to 2008, we estimate an expenditure elasticity for electricity of 0.3988 and of 0.4055 for space...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011503007
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C&C - contraction and convergence of carbon emissions : the economic implications of permit trading
Böhringer, Christoph; Welsch, Heinz - 1999
uses a dynamic multi-region computable general equilibrium model of the world economy to assess the economics of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442448