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Clash of Cultures : Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 2021
The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317401
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Yield Effects of Selected Agronomic Innovation Packages in Maize Cropping Systems of Six Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan - 2018
Implementation of suitable innovation packages into cropping systems is required to address the issues of food security and improvement of the crop yield in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, quantification of the effects of innovation packages such as increase in fertilizer application rates,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918990
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The effects of production offshoring on R&D and innovation in the home country
Dachs, Bernhard; Ebersberger, Bernd; Kinkel, Steffen; … - 2014
We investigate the effects of production offshoring on the innovation activities of manufacturing firms in the home country. The analysis is based on a dataset of more than 3000 manufacturing firms from seven European countries. We find that offshoring firms on average employ a higher share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234572
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Does green corporate investment really crowd out other business investment?
Weche, John P. - 2015
Empirical studies on the link between green investment and other business investment at the firm level either focus on … innovation specific types of investment or fail to consider the simultaneity of investment decisions. The analysis to be … presented here offers a broad focus on different types of environmental protection investment and explicitly considers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397067
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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 2006
The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272283
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Love thy neighbor : religion and prosocial behavior
Heineck, Guido - 2014
There is a long tradition in psychology, the social sciences and, more recently though, economics to hypothesize that religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is barely any evidence for Germany. This study adds to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416882
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Love thy neighbor : religion and prosocial behavior
Heineck, Guido - 2014
There is a long tradition in psychology, the social sciences and, more recently though, economics to hypothesize that religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is barely any evidence for Germany. This study adds to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436739
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Love thy neighbor : religion and prosocial behavior
Heineck, Guido - 2014
There is a long tradition in psychology, the social sciences and, more recently though, economics to hypothesize that religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is barely any evidence for Germany. This study adds to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409822
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Der Beitrag der Kirche zur Demokratisierungsgestaltung der Wirtschaft
Held, Bärbel - 2011
Diese Arbeit setzt sich mit der These auseinander, dass die Demokratisierung der Wirtschaft die Schlüsselaufgabe unserer Zeit sei und wie dieser Demokratisierungsprozess gestaltet werden kann. Die Gesellschaft ist strukturiert in autonomer Selbststeuerung und integriert in übergeordnete...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009514070
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Malthus meets Luther : the economics behind the German Reformation
Curuk, Malik; Smulders, Sjak - 2016
The Reformation provided a powerful source of legitimacy for secularization of governance and enabled the regional authorities to change the institutional structure to eliminate the inefficiencies under the prevailing (Catholic) regime. We investigate this idea in a simple model of regime change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509503