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This study explores the economic consequences of earthquakes. In particular, it is investigated how exposure to earthquakes affects economic growth both across and within countries. The key result of the empirical analysis is that while there are no observable effects at the country level,...
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In Peru, a country with an astonishing variety of different ecological areas, with 84 different climate zones and landscapes, with rainforests, high mountain ranges and dry deserts, the geographical context may not be all that matters, but it could be very significant in explaining regional...
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This paper implements a methodology for estimating poverty in Ecuador, Madagascar and South Africa, at levels of disaggregation that to date have not generally been available. The methodology is based on a statistical procedure to combine household survey data with population census data,...
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Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg verzeichnete Deutschland bis heute eine insgesamt positive Wanderungsbilanz. Die Migrantenströme unterliegen erheblichen zeitlichen Schwankungen und offenbaren eine Abhängigkeit von politischen und ökonomischen Entwicklungen, die ihre Ursachen in Deutschland,...
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We explore a potential source of human capital spatial disparities: the unequal access to tertiary education caused by the absence/presence of a local university. Because the entrance to a university is a sequential process in the Czech Republic we model both a student's decision to apply to a...
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Using nationally-representative household survey data and confidential geo-coded data on violence, we examine the linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict...
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Die gegenwärtige Verteilung von Flüchtlingen in Deutschland auf der Grundlage von Steueraufkommen und Bevölkerungszahl wird weithin als integrationspolitisch suboptimal angesehen. Das vorliegende Thünen-Workingpaper leistet zu dieser Diskussion einen Beitrag, indem es die...
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