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The effects of international migration on the well-being of native populations in Europe

Betz, William; Simpson, Nicole B. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-21

Very little is understood about how immigrants affect the happiness, or subjective well-being of natives. We use the …

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Alleviating extreme poverty in Chile : the short term effects of Chile Solidario

Galasso, Emanuela - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 101-127

This paper evaluates the effect of an anti-poverty program, Chile Solidario, during its first two years of operation. We find that the program tends to increases significantly their take-up of cash assistance programs and of social programs for housing and employment, and to improve education...

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Menschenhandel : Deutschland beim Opferschutz nur Mittelmaß

Cho, Seo-young - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 39, pp. 3-12

Mehr als 2,45 Millionen Menschen sind laut den Vereinten Nationen Opfer von Menschenhandel, die Dunkelziffer ist hoch. Viele Staaten haben deshalb ihre Bemühungen verstärkt, gegen Menschenhandel vorzugehen und den Opfern zu helfen. Das DIW Berlin hat nun den 3P-Index, der die staatlichen...

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The productivity of return migrants : the case of China’s "Sea Turtles"

Sun, Wei - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19

This paper explores the productivity differential between return migrants (“Sea Turtles”) and non-migrants through a case study of China’s venture capital (VC) industry. I find that even after correcting for selection bias, return venture capitalists are less productive than comparable...

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Where is the grass greener? : a micro-founded model of migration with application to Guangdong

Simmons, Peter; Xie, Yuanyuan - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-23

This paper first develops a structural micro-founded model of aggregate net migration flow using matching ideas to study how migrants choose between multiple locations using multiple criteria. Migration should reduce inequality in the criteria. Most migration models either do not handle multiple...

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Happiness and health

Gerstenbluth, Mariana; Rossi, Máximo; Triunfo, Patricia - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 1, pp. 65-78

We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect … in increasing happiness levels. Then, the probabilty of being happy is estimated by probit models. Results show that the … main relationship is between happiness and health status. Whether this is a causal effect or a correlation, is not clear …

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Ostdeutsche Männer um 50 müssen mit geringeren Renten rechnen

Simonson, Julia; Kelle, Nadiya; Gordo, Laura Romeu; … - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 23, pp. 3-13

Die Lebensläufe der deutschen Babyboomer (geboren zwischen 1956 und 1965) unterscheiden sich deutlich von denen vorangegangener Kohorten. Insgesamt zeigt sich eine zunehmende Vielfalt der Erwerbsverläufe. Insbesondere in Ostdeutschland sind diese von Brüchen geprägt, mit häufigeren oder...

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Höhepunkt der Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland überschritten?

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 43, pp. 3-15

Neue Analysen zur personellen Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland auf Basis der Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) zeigen, dass die realen Markteinkommen der privaten Haushalte von 2005 bis 2010 deutlich gestiegen sind. Auch bei den realen verfügbaren Einkommen ist ein Zuwachs zu...

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Participation, growth and social poverty : social capital in a homogeneous society

Antoci, Angelo; Sacco, Pier Luigi; Vanin, Paolo - In: The open economics journal 1 (2008), pp. 1-13

We introduce social capital accumulation into a neoclassical model, showing how it differs from physical and human capital accumulation. We take the view that social capital is crucial to the enjoyment of socially provided goods and that it is mainly accumulated by means of participation to...

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A study in Spanish regions’ poverty : a new methodological perspective

Calvo Gonzalez, José L.; Cortiñas Vázquez, Pedro; … - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 163-183

The present article reviews poverty studies in Spanish Autonomous Communities using a new methodological approach. One of the main concerns in those studies is poverty concentration in specific Spanish Autonomous Communities. This can be the result of a bias due to use a unique national poverty...

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