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Not guilty? Another look at the nature and nurture of economics students
Haucap, Justus; Just, Tobias - 2003
result: studying economics does in fact influence how they arrive at value judgements, though students' attitudes do not stem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301744
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Sorgen um den globalen Terrorismus in Deutschland
Müller, Cathérine - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 37, pp. 544-548
Eine Sondererhebung 2007 des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels für Deutschland ergab: Die Deutschen machen sich häufiger große Sorgen um den globalen Terrorismus als um ihre eigene wirtschaftliche Situation. Besonders ältere Menschen und Frauen scheinen dazu zu neigen, sich große Sorgen zu machen....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601879
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First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Germany -
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2001
This paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Microzensus with a particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to the empirically most relevant groups of immigrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262492
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The Perception of Foreigners and Jews in Germany - A Structural Analysis of a Large Opinion Survey
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2002
The ultimate aim of opinion surveys is the provision of information on the distribution of preferences and perceptions at the individual level. Yet, eliciting this information from the data is typically difficult. This paper uses a structural model to explain the answers on a set of questions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262816
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Not Guilty? : Another Look at the Nature and Nurture of Economics Students
Haucap, Justus; Just, Tobias - 2003
In this paper, we examine students' attitudes towards various allocation mechanisms for a scarce resource. For this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263396
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Political economy of immigration in Germany: attitudes and citizenship aspirations
Kahanec, Martin; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2007
attitudes towards foreigners, political interest of foreigners, intergenerational conflict between natives and foreigners and … are negative attitudes towards foreigners and generational conflict within foreigner families. On the other hand, interest … are important positive factors. Negative experience of foreigners in terms of hostile attitudes, lack of voting rights, or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268335
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Do women manage smaller funds?
Hübler, Olaf; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2010
Based on a sample of 467 asset managers from four countries we robustly find that women manage smaller funds than men, despite tough competition in this industry. Interestingly, the gender gap exists only for managers of smaller funds, i.e. at the lower end of the hierarchy, as quantile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269574
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Comparing the determinants of concern about terrorism and crime
Brück, Tilman; Müller, Cathérine - 2009
Both crime and terrorism impose costs onto society through the channels of fear and worry. Identifying and targeting groups which are especially affected by worries might be one way to reduce the total costs of these two types of insecurity. However, compared to the drivers of the fear of crime,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271126
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The effects of 9/11 on attitudes toward immigration and the moderating role of education
Schüller, Simone - 2012
immediate shift of around 40 percent of one within standard deviation to more negative attitudes toward immigration and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291416
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First- and second-generation migrants in Germany : what do we know and what do people think
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2001
This paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Microzensus with a particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to the empirically most relevant groups of immigrants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401162