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How persistent is life satisfaction? : evidence from European immigration
Berggren, Niclas; Bergh, Andreas; Bjørnskov, Christian; … - 2018
This paper asks to what extent life satisfaction among immigrants remains similar to that in their country of origin and to what extent it adapts to that in their country of residence. We employ data from 29,000 immigrants in the European Social Survey to estimate the relative importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011824757
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How Persistent is Life Satisfaction? Evidence From European Immigration
Berggren, Niclas - 2018
This paper asks to what extent life satisfaction among immigrants remains similar to that in their country of origin and to what extent it adapts to that in their country of residence. We employ data from 29,000 immigrants in the European Social Survey to estimate the relative importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922709
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The impact of firm subsidies : evaluating German regional policy
Alm, Bastian; Bade, Franz-Josef - 2009
Recently, the number of state interventions and of firm subsidies has largely increased. However, the possible outcome of such interventions is rather am-biguous. This paper investigates the impact of firm subsidies granted by Ger-man regional policy. The long experiences made with regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430823
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A Bayesian spatial autoregressive logit model with an empirical application to European regional FDI flows
Krisztin, Tamás; Piribauer, Philipp - 2019
In this paper we propose a Bayesian estimation approach for a spatial autoregressive logit specification. Our approach relieson recent advances in Bayesian computing, making use of Pólya-Gamma sampling for Bayesian Markov-chain Monte Carlo algorithms.The proposed specification assumes that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061923
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Spatial Dispersion of Peering Clusters in the European Internet
D'Ignazio, Alessio; Giovannetti, Emanuele - 2014
We study the role played by geographical distance in the peering decisions between Internet Service Providers. Firstly, we assess whether or not the Internet industry shows clustering in peering; we then concentrate on the dynamics of the agglomeration process by studying the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014059528
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A Domino Theory of Regionalism Revisited in an Era of Deep Integration : The Role of Homogeneity/Heterogeneity in Institutions
Liu, Renliang; Stengos, Thanasis; Sun, Yiguo - 2021
This paper aims to explore the relevance of trade partners' institutional background on the formation of PTAs by investigating whether countries sharing homogeneity in institutions tend to form PTAs interdependently. We take economic system and political regime measured by economic freedom and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013236074
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Looking for a star: evaluating the effect of the cohesion policy on regional well-being
Albanese, Giuseppe; Carrieri, Vincenzo; Speziali, Maria … - 2021
This paper presents new evidence on the last concluded wave (2007-2013) of the EU cohesion policy. We depart from the broadly used GDP-growth approach and evaluate the impact of EU Structural Funds (SFs) on a battery of regional well-being indicators including economic, educational, health, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583676
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Behavioural and Welfare Effects of Basic Income Policies : A Simulation for European Countries
Colombino, Ugo - 2009
of different economies and welfare policy regimes: Denmark, Italy, Portugal and United Kingdom. We then simulate, under … where female participation rates are very high; instead, in countries with low female participation rates (like Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012719744
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Merger Control in Italy 1995-2003 : A Statistical Study of the Enforcement Practice by Mining the Text of Authority Resolutions
La Noce, Mauro; Allegra, Elisabetta; Ruocco, Valerio; … - 2005
The paper provides a consistency analysis of the decisions taken by the Italian Competition Authority within the 1995-2003 period, concerning its control over mergers and acquisitions. An ample database was constructed using the tools of textual analysis. This data base was generated in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014063243
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‘It's a Trap!’ The Degree of Poverty Persistence in Italy and Europe
Giarda, Elena - 2015
This paper analyses poverty persistence in Italy and compares it with France, Greece, Portugal, Spain and the United …-2012. Descriptive statistics and transition matrices reveal that households in Italy are characterised by a higher degree of poverty …. Italy is the country with the highest level of true state dependence estimated at 0.26, after Greece (0.30), while the UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015321