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explicitly takes into account both the coexistence costs at farm-level and the segregation and identity preservation costs at … long as segregation costs are low. Consumers of biodiesel and industrial products such as lubricants produced from GM … rapeseed benefit from high segregation costs. We show that the effects of farm-level coexistence costs largely differ from the …
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How much is a wildflower worth? Inspired by "The worth of a songbird" by Funtowicz and Ravetz (1994) we use the value of a wildflower as symbol of the complexity of evaluating environmental qualities and risks. We critically discuss the application of cost-benefit analysis in evaluating...
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In diesem Beitrag wird diskutiert, ob das Angebot von Nahrungsmitteln mit der Kennzeichnung "Ohne Gentechnik" wirtschaftlich nachhaltig ist. Zudem wird dem Leser ein Überblick gegeben zur Regulierung genetisch veränderter Organismen (GVO) in der EU und zur Entwicklung der Kennzeichnungen "Ohne...
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This paper examines educational outcomes of pupils selected to secondary school types by different tracking regimes in a German state: Pupils are alternatively streamed after fourth grade or after sixth grade. Regression results indicate that, estimated on the mean, there are no negative effects...
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Since the 1950s, there has been a steady decentralization of entry-level jobs towards the suburbs of American cities, while racial minorities ?and particularly blacks? have remained in city centers. In this context, the spatial mismatch hypothesis argues that because the residential locations of...
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disparities, and segregation. The use of race as a signal arises here, as in models of statistical discrimination, from imperfect … asymmetries. Minority groups necessarily suffer disproportionately from segregation, since the degree to which transactions …
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illustrate the importance of detailed neighbourhood information we compare social and ethnic segregation measured by Isolation …
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The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the residential market, the labor market, and the marriage market. We use population-wide Swedish data and compare outcomes as adults among siblings arriving at different ages in order to...
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across crime types. A key implication is that greater economic segregation in a city should have no effect or a negative …
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The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the residential market, the labor market, and the marriage market. We use population-wide Swedish data and compare outcomes as adults among siblings arriving at different ages in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273949