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Remittances and their Effect on Emigration Intentions in Egypt, Morocco and Turkey
van Dalen, Hendrik P.; Groenewold, George; Fokkema, Tineke - 2005
What determines remittances – altruism or enlightened self-interest - and do remittances trigger additional migration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325523
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Reconciling Pro-Social vs. Selfish Behavior: Evidence for the Role of Self-Control
Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian Ove R.; Wollbrant, … - 2010
We test the proposition that individuals may experience a self-control conflict between short-term temptation to be selfish and better judgment to act pro-socially. Using a dictator game and a public goods game, we manipulated the likelihood that individuals identified self-control conflict, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352069
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Why are economics students more selfish than the rest?
Bauman, Yoram; Rose, Elaina - 2009
A substantial body of research suggests that economists are less generous than other professionals and that economics students are less generous than other students. We address this question using administrative data on donations to social programs by students at the University of Washington....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269624
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Geburtenbarometer Wien: Analyse der konvergenten Fertilität zwischen Wien und Österreich
Zeman, Kryštof; Sobotka, Tomáš; Gisser, Richard; … - 2011
Das Geburtenbarometer Wien zielt darauf ab, ein aktuelles Fertilitätsmonitoring für Wien zur Verfügung zu stellen … lag die Fertilität in Wien weit unterhalb jener des übrigen Österreichs. Weil sich die Fruchtbarkeit in Wien deutlich … Einfluss auf die gesamten Fertilitätsmuster Wiens und Österreichs betrachtet. Zugewanderte Frauen hatten in Wien seit der Mitte …
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Geburtenbarometer Vienna: Analysing fertility convergence between Vienna and Austria
Zeman, Kryštof; Sobotka, Tomáš; Gisser, Richard; … - 2011
Geburtenbarometer Vienna aims to provide an up-to-date monitoring of fertility in Vienna, based on a set of annual and …. Throughout much of the 20th century, Vienna recorded fertility rates deep below those in other parts of Austria. Because … fertility in Vienna differs markedly between Austrian-born and foreign-born women, our study looks at these fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352599
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Die Wiener Hochschularbeitsgemeinschaften für Raumforschung: Forschungen über Südosteuropa
Svatek, Petra - In: Raumforschung zwischen Nationalsozialismus und …, (pp. 26-37). 2020
This article deals with research on South Eastern Europe conducted by the Vienna Working Groups of Spatial Research …
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Das transformative Potenzial suffizienzorientierter Stadtentwicklung als Beitrag zur Postwachstumsstadt in Wien
Haas, Mara - In: Transformationsprozesse in Stadt und Land: …, (pp. 39-52). 2024
, um suffizienzorientierte Ansätze in der Stadtentwicklung zu identifizieren. Die Stadt Wien dient als Fallbeispiel, um … creates a conceptual framework to identify sufficiencyoriented approaches in urban development. The city of Vienna serves as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014493165
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"Backbone" of the Orient/East-Med Corridor: Vienna-Bratislava-Budapest-Belgrade axis
Voigt, Andreas - In: Spatial and transport infrastructure development in …, (pp. 231-242). 2019
Europe. These sections include: 1) the primary axis of the Orient/East-Med Corridor leading from Vienna/Bratislava across … Budapest and Sofia to Thessaloniki, 2) the Orient/ East-Med branch from Vienna/Bratislava across Budapest, Novi Sad, Belgrade … sections overlap includes the metropolitan areas of Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade and serves as a backbone for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153752
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Selfish and prospective: theory and evidence of pocketbook voting
Elinder, Mikael; Jordahl, Henrik; Poutvaara, Panu - 2008
We present and test a theory of prospective and retrospective pocketbook voting. Focusing on two large reforms in Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. The Social Democrats proposed budget cuts affecting parents with young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268951
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Do social preferences matter in competitive markets?
Heidhues, Paul; Riedel, Frank - 2007
Experimental evidence stresses the importance of so-called social preferences for understanding economic behavior. Social preferences are defined over the entire allocation in a given economic environment, and not just over one's own consumption as is traditionally presumed. We study the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272618