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On the emissions-inequality trade-off in energy taxation : evidence on the German car fuel tax
Nikodinoska, Dragana; Schröder, Carsten - 2015
By using estimates from an Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), we investigate how the German energy tax on car fuels changes the private households-CO2 emissions, living standards, and post-tax income distribution. Our results show that the tax implies a trade-off between the aim to reduce...
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Measuring income in household panel surveys for Germany : a comparison of EU-SILC and SOEP
Frick, Joachim R.; Krell, Kristina - 2010
Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through … considerable impact on the degree and structure of inequality and poverty (see Hauser 2008, Causa et al. 2009, Nolan et al. 2009 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824473
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The impact of household capital income on income inequality : a factor decomposition analysis for Great Britain, Germany and the USA
Fräßdorf, Anna; Grabka, Markus M.; Schwarze, Johannes - 2008
This paper analyses the contribution of capital income to income inequality in a cross-national comparison. Using micro … contribution to overall inequality in relation to its share in disposable income. This applies to Germany and the USA in particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632434
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Significance of development stage theory for explaining industrial growth pattern between Asian NICs and selected advanced economies
Nam, Chang-woon - 2002
The East Asian miracle was real. Prior to the 1997 economic and currency crises, Asian NICs Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan achieved remarkable annual GDP growth. In these countries the overall economic performance was significantly determined by the industrial development triggered by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409015
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Significance of Development Stage Theory for Explaining Industrial Growth Pattern between Asian Nics and Selected Advanced Economies
Nam, Chang Woon - 2021
The East Asian miracle was real. Prior to the 1997 economic and currency crises, Asian NICs --Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan-- achieved remarkable annual GDP growth. In these countries the overall economic performance was significantly determined by the industrial development triggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320627
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Complementarities in the effect of economic globalization and decarbonization technologies on carbon neutrality : evidence from Germany using Fourier-based approaches
Addai, Kwaku; Serener, Berna; Kirikkaleli, Dervis - In: World development sustainability 3 (2023), pp. 1-10
The global community has seen the existential threat of climate change caused by rising carbon dioxide emissions. But arising out of the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is the call for a shift to clean energy technologies. The EU has set its targets to reach climate-neutrality...
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Financing of Education: Some Experiences from ten European Countries.
Werner, Jan; Shah, Anwar - Institute of Local Public Finance - 2006
Education is one of the most important services provided by public governments in almost every country worldwide. However, the most important cross-country observations about education ? like the PISA report by the OECD or the TIMSS by the IEA ? focus only on international benchmarks to compare...
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The Ethics of Accepting a Bribe : An Empirical Study of Opinion in the USA, Brazil, Germany and China
Hernandez, Teresa - 2014
This paper presents the results of an empirical study of attitudes toward bribe taking in the largest economies on four continents – the USA, Brazil, Germany and China. The authors use the Human Beliefs and Values Survey data to examine several demographic variables, including gender, age,...
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Short term living conditions and long term prospects of immigrant children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R. - 2000
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Short term living conditions and long term prospects of immigrant children in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000
In Germany the foreign born population is made up of foreigners and so called "ethnic Germans" who migrated from eastern European countries to Germany. While the first group is confronted with problems arising from the typical German concept of ethnicity and citizenship, the latter are entitled...
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