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The USA As A Model? Germany's immigration policy on the test stand
Wüst, Andreas M. - 1995
policies of one of themain classical countries of immigration, the USA, immigration policies of both countries areanalyzed and … Deutschland von der Einwanderungs- und Integrationspolitik des größtenklassischen Einwanderungslandes, der USA, etwas lernen …Germany has a long tradition as immigration country. Compared to other countries the FederalRepublic of Germany is now …
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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding
Sauer, Johannes - 2011
This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...
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Do behavioral needs influence the trading activity of individual investors? Evidence from repeated natural experiments
Gao, X; Lin, TC - 2010
Multiple natural experiments of large jackpot lotteries in Taiwan are used to document a substitution effect between individual investor trading and lottery buying. We establish five key findings. First, when the jackpot exceeds 500 million Taiwan dollars (about 15 million U.S. dollars), the...
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Deutsche in Australien : Probleme bei der Existenzgründung als selbständige Unternehmer
Zieschang, Heike - 2011
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The Impact of Kinship on the Economic Dynamics of Transnational Networks: reflections on some South Asian developments
Ballard, Roger - 2001
Prepared for a Conference on Transnational Networks in Princeton in 2001, this paper explored the comparative dynamics of the trans-local networks which South Asian migrants from Mirpur (Pakistan), Jullundur (India) and Sylhet (Bangladesh) have constructed around themselves.
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A case of capital-rich underdevelopment: The paradoxical consequences of successful transnational entrepreneurship from Mirpur
Ballard, Roger - 2003
This paper takes a close look at the impact of large-scale overseas emigration - and the resultant inflow of migrant remittances - on the local economy of Mirpur District in Pakistan. No other District in Pakistan has seen a higher proportion of its population engage in transnational migration...
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The political economy of migration: Pakistan, Britain, and the Middle East
Ballard, Roger - 1987
Migration has brought about, and continues to be responsible for, some of the most momentous social, economic, and political changes in the contemporary world. Over the years, millions of people have moved from their rural homes in search of better paid work, usually in cities many thousands of...
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Auswirkungen von Naturkatastrophen auf Unternehmen : Eine empirische Untersuchung des Marmara-Erdbebens vom 17. August 1999
Menny, Claas - 2011
Auf Grundlage bestehender Erkenntnisse über Auswirkungen von Naturkatastrophen auf Wirtschaftsakteure sowie auf Basis von Erkenntnissen über Wachstumsfaktoren von Unternehmen wurden zwei theoretische Modelle entwickelt. Daten zur Überprüfung der Modelle wurden in einer empirischen Erhebung...
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Essays on Banking for Micro and Small Enterprises
Schrader, Jan Peter - 2009
This thesis provides new evidence concerning the way financial intermediaries fulfill the role of distributing capital efficiently to micro and small enterprise and diversify intertemporal risk at different stages of development. Chapter 2 and 3 present results about intertemporal risk sharing...
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The Labor Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990’s
D’Amuri, Francesco; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Peri, … - 2008
We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990’s had no adverse effects on native wages and … ‘flexible’ as the UK labor market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration. …
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