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Ethnic persistence, assimilation and risk proclivity

Bonin, Holger; Constant, Amelie; Tatsiramons, Konstantinos - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23

This paper investigates whether immigrants adapt to the attitudes of the majority population in the host country by focusing on the effect of ethnic persistence and assimilation on individual risk proclivity. Employing information from a unique representative German survey, we find that...

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Getting ahead, falling behind and standing still : income mobility in Chile

Castro, Rodrigo - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 243-258

This paper analyses household income mobility in Chile between 1996 and 2001. Compared to industrialized and most developing countries, mobility has been quite high. The purpose of this paper is to apply a binomial probit model and split analysis into assessment of individuals and households on...

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Grüner Strom : Verbraucher sind bereit, für Investitionen in erneuerbare Energien zu zahlen

Mattes, Anselm - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 7, pp. 2-9

Für den Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland ist neben den politisch gesetzten Rahmenbedingungen auch die Akzeptanz der Verbraucher entscheidend. Eine aktuelle Studie der DIW econ untersucht das Nachfrageverhalten ökologisch orientierter Stromkunden. Auf Basis einer Befragung wurde...

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Wenig Chancengleichheit in Deutschland : Familienhintergrund prägt eigenen ökonomischen Erfolg

Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 4, pp. 3-9

vary according to family background which, in turn, shapes the prevailing pattern of social inequality. This is not a … specifically German phenomenon. Based on a new methodology, the present findings demonstrate that, in Germany, family background … has a significant impact on individual earned income, family income, hourly wages, and also educational success: 40 …

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Fat spouses and hours of work: are body and Pareto weights correlated?

Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-21

We explore the relationship between relative physical attractiveness in the household and the hours worked by married men and women. Using PSID data, we find that husbands who are thinner relative to their wives work fewer hours, while wives who are heavier relative to their husbands work more...

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Journal of international migration and integration : metropolis research and policy review

Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on …; … - Dordrecht : Springer; anfangs: Edmonton, Alta : PCERII - 1.2000 -

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Pflegemarkt : drohendem Arbeitskräftemangel kann entgegengewirkt werden

Schulz, Erika - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 51/52, pp. 3-17

today are looked after by family members at home, they are increasingly reliant on the support of out-patient care services …

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Personality and marital surplus

Lundberg, Shelly - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-21

This paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study to examine the effect of personality traits on the formation and dissolution of domestic partnerships. Selection into marriage is associated with distinctly different personality profiles for men and women born before 1960,...

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Does more unemployment cause more fear of unemployment?

Gimpelson, Vladimir; Oshchepkov, Aleksey - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-26

Using the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey data, the paper examines Russian workers’ fear of unemployment under different economic and labor market conditions during the last 15 years. We employ two alternative measures for this fear. The first one looks at the workers’ fear of losing...

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The impact of parents’ years since migration on children’s academic achievement

Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Rangvid, Beatrice Schindler - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23

migration and within-family variation. We find evidence of a positive impact of parents’ years since migration on children … to be more important for math. The effects vary by gender, and family-specific effects influence girls’ and boys …

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