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Simionescu, Mihaela; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2017

Internet or "big" data are increasingly measuring the relevant activities of individuals, households, firms and public … experimental settings. Therefore, internet data are extremely useful to study a wide variety of human resource issues including … unemployment by means of internet activity data, a literature starting with the seminal article of Askitas and Zimmermann (2009a …

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The Digital Divide

Piazolo, Daniel - In: CESifo Forum 02 (2001) 3, pp. 29-34

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Earthquakes and economic growth

Fisker, Peter Simonsen - 2012

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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Adverse geography and differences in welfare in Peru

Escobal, Javier; Torero, Máximo - 2003

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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Producing an improved geographic profile of poverty: Methodology and evidence from three developing countries

Demombynes, Gabriel; Elbers, Chris; Lanjouw, Jenny; … - 2002

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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Phasen internationaler Migration und ihre Auswirkungen auf Raum- und Siedlungsentwicklung in Deutschland seit 1945

Gans, Paul; Schlömer, Claus - In: Räumliche Auswirkungen der internationalen Migration, (pp. 127-161). 2014

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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Germany as an emerging archipelago economy: On some less obvious implications of corporate takeovers and mergers

Zademach, Hans-Martin - In: CESifo Forum 07 (2006) 1, pp. 40-45

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Unequal access to higher education in the Czech Republic: The role of spatial distribution of universities

Franta, Michal; Guzi, Martin - 2012

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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Conflict, food price shocks, and food insecurity: The experience of Afghan households

D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - 2012

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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Indikatoren und Karten zur Darstellung von Potenzialen bei der Aufnahme und Integration von Flüchtlingen auf Landkreisebene

Plankl, Reiner; Neumeier, Stefan; Osigus, Torsten; … - 2016

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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