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Ethnic and Religious Discrimination in the Wedding Venue Business: Evidence from Two Field Experiments in Germany and Austria
Carol, Sarah; Kuipers, Coco; Koesling, Philipp; … - In: Social Problems (2021) Advance Articles, pp. --
We add to the current debate on ethno-religious discrimination by studying to what extent discrimination in the wedding venue business is based on religious or ethnic grounds. Do the two reinforce each other? Does the explicit mentioning of a non-religious wedding help to reduce ethnic...
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From immigrants to fundamentalists: Changing portrayals of Muslim identities in Europe
Owers, Daphne - 2015
key for establishing an accurate picture of contemporary Muslim life in Europe, for unravelling Islamophobic myths, and …
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Geschlechterquoten für Spitzenpositionen der Privatwirtschaft in EU-Ländern: Teils sehr unterschiedlich, aber wirksam
Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 89 (2022) 3, pp. 34-42
Geschlechterquoten sind ein effektives Instrument, um den Frauenanteil in Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen in Europa zu erhöhen. Dabei unterscheiden sich die Quotenregelungen mitunter stark zwischen den einzelnen Ländern, etwa mit Blick auf die Zahl der betroffenen Unternehmen, die konkreten...
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European identity in the regions of European identities
Brandtjen, Roland - 2023
Does a European Identity exist? "European" depends on the individual concept of what signify "Europe". It could be … individual mix out of all concepts. Sometimes "Europe" is use as a synonym of "the EU". This work does try to define neither … "Europe" nor "European". The aim of this paper is to contribute as a discussion paper to the discourse on the existence of …
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Health capital and the prenatal environment: The effect of maternal fasting during pregnancy
Almond, Douglas; Mazumder, Bhashkar - 2009
We use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in fasting and fetal health. In Michigan births 1989-2006, we and prenatal exposure to Ramadan among Arab mothers results in lower birthweight and reduced gestation length. Exposure to Ramadan in the first month of gestation is...
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Female labour force participation in Arab countries: The role of identity
Caris, Tobias; Hayo, Bernd - 2012
determinants of identity in the Arab region, Islam and cultural tradition. Employing two waves of the World Values Survey, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294358
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A Critical Assessment of Islamic Economics
Shams, Rasul - 2004
This paper presents a critical assessment of the widely discussed concept of Islamic Economics. The two different interpretations of Islamic economics as the study of the functioning of an interest-free economy and the validity of moral values in the economy are discussed. It is shown that none...
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Der 11. September und die Folgen in Asien: Politische Reaktionen in der VR China, Japan, Malaysia und Vietnam
Adelsberger, Karin; Derichs, Claudia; Heberer, Thomas; … - 2002
Die Staaten der Welt haben auf die Terroranschläge des 11. September 2001 und die nachfolgenden Militärschläge gegen Afghanistan unterschiedlich reagiert. In der Region Ost- und Südostasien waren die Staaten je nach Position im Gefüge der internationalen Beziehungen und je nach innerer...
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Impact of the monetary policy instruments on Islamic stock market index return
Albaity, Mohamed Shikh - 2011
Previous studies found that Islamic stock market index in Malaysia (KLSI), does not react, or react negatively to interest rate, although one of the main criteria of Islamic finance is to avoid business and activities that yield interest because of its prohibition in Islamic laws. On the other...
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Sind Moscheen in Deutschland NIMBY-Güter?
Haucap, Justus; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - 2012
Der Bau von Moscheen in deutschen Großstädten ist in Öffentlichkeit und in Medien in den letzten Jahren sehr kontrovers und teilweise heftig diskutiert werden. Bereits die Ankündigung einer geplanten Errichtung einer großen Moschee hat zu teilweise grotesk anmutenden Abwehrreaktionen...
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