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International migration, ethnicity and economic inequality
Kahanec, Martin (contributor);  … - 2008
While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...
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Walls and fences : a journey through history and economics
Vernon, Victoria; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2019
Throughout history, border walls and fences have been built for defense, to claim land, to signal power, and to control migration. The costs of fortifications are large while the benefits are questionable. The recent trend of building walls and fences signals a paradox: In spite of the...
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Walls and fences : a journey through history and economics
Vernon, Victoria; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020 - Pre-publication draft July 2020
Throughout history, border walls and fences have been built for defense, to claim land, to signal power, and to control migration. The costs of fortifications are large while the benefits are questionable. The recent trend of building walls and fences signals a paradox: In spite of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249714
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Left behind but doing good? : civic engagement in two post-socialist countries
Nikolova, Milena; Roman, Monica; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015
The fall of socialism in Central and Eastern Europe restored ordinary citizens' rights and freedoms and ended their political and social isolation. While the freedom of movement was quickly embraced, civil society revival lagged due to the eroded civic norms, declining social capital, and...
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Arbeitslosigkeit und Fertilität
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Bevölkerung und Wirtschaft, (pp. 95-109). 1990
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Interrelationships between mortality and fertility in Germany : rural and urban Prussia and modern Germany
Entorf, Horst; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Genus : a population journal founded in 1934 by Corrado Gini 46 (1990) 1/2, pp. 133-146
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Mortality and fertility in Germany : cointegration and causality tests for rural and urban Prussia and modern Germany
Entorf, Horst; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Journal of interdisciplinary economics 4 (1991) 1, pp. 17-31
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Die Konkurrenz der Genüsse : ein Brentano-Modell des Geburtenrückgangs
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … 109 (1989) 2, pp. 467-483
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Demographic Change and Economic Development
Wenig, Alois - 1989
support this hypothesis. Other papers deal with the relationships between fertility and business cycle fluctuations, the …
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Celebrating 150 Years of Analyzing Fertility Trends in Germany
Kendzia, Michael Jan - 2012
in the Journal. Fertility naturally plays an important role in population economics. Its size has decreased significantly … from the 1900s. Long time-series regarding fertility and basic trends in Germany are documented and analyzed. We identify … three different explanatory approaches for the decline in fertility, according to which the various articles of the Journal …
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