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Previous research shows that firms shroud high add-on prices in competitive markets with naive consumers leading to inefficiency. We analyze the effects of regulatory intervention via educating naive consumers on equilibrium prices and welfare. Our model allows firms to shroud, unshroud, or...
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Anzahl von Unternehmen, die sich freiwillig dem Datenschutz verpflichten, allerdings nutzen auch viele Unternehmen und …
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This study provides an account of the dynamics of the dominant language adjustment process among immigrants in … language skills in immigrant selection. A difference between differences approach is used to isolate the impacts of these … category, educational attainment and age at migration impact on immigrant?s language skills. The increased English Proficiency …
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. Education matters more for women in terms of explaining earnings, whereas language skills are relatively more important for men. …
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This paper is an analysis of the determinates of Hebrew language speaking and writing skills and the determinates of … migration and if many others in the area in which the respondent lives speak the same origin language. Country of origin and … primary or only language and who can write a letter in Hebrew earn about 20 percent more than those who do neither …
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We investigate whether time-persistent cultural borders impede economic exchange across regions of the same country. To measure cultural differences we evaluate, for the first time in economics, linguistic micro-data about phonological and grammatical features of German dialects. These data are...
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This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that … language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and … determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants. This is based on Exposure, Efficiency and Economic Incentives …
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We investigate whether time-persistent cultural borders impede economic exchange across regions of the same country. To measure cultural differences we evaluate, for the first time in economics, linguistic micro-data about phonological and grammatical features of German dialects. These data are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269659
along language borders? Improving on previous research in this area, we use a nationally representative household survey …, the Swiss Household Panel 1999 and 2000, and we explicitly account for self-selection of workers into language areas …
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issue across language groups in Switzerland. Language defines social groups and Swiss language groups are separated by a … language border. We can therefore study the role of culture in shaping the demand for social insurance. Specifically, we … contrast at the language border actual voting decisions on country-wide changes to social insurance programs. Key results …
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