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Social stratification and out-of-school learning
Andersson, Christian; Johansson, Per - 2009
To study effects of out-of-school learning we use data on boarding home pupils who attended elementary public schools … empirical analysis based on register data. We find that the more learning friendly environment equalize skills at school leaving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003867907
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Information updating and insurance dropout : evidence from dental insurance
Grönqvist, Erik - In: Competitive failures in insurance markets : theory and …, (pp. 135-156). 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003388532
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Economic effects of domestic and neighbouring countries' cultural diversity
Gören, Erkan - 2013 - This version: March 2013
This paper investigates the economic growth impact of cultural diversity, both domestically and in neighbouring countries, in a balanced panel of 94 countries covering the period 1970 to 2004. The measures of cultural diversity used in this article were derived from a recently developed computer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733470
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Birthplace diversity and economic prosperity
Alesina, Alberto; Harnoss, Johann; Rapoport, Hillel - 2013
We use recent immigration data from 195 countries and propose an index of population diversity based on people's birthplaces. This new index is then decomposed into a size (share of foreign born) and a variety (diversity of immigrants) component and is available for 1990 and 2000 disaggregated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009793124
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Climatic conditions, cultural diversity, and labor productivity
Gundlach, Erich; Matus-Velasco, Ximena - 2000
Countries with the highest labor productivity overwhelmingly lie in the world's temperate climatic zones far away from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490509
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Climatic conditions, cultural diversity, and labor productivity
Gundlach, Erich; Matus-Velasco, Ximena - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013261116
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Climatic Conditions, Cultural Diversity, and Labor Productivity
Gundlach, Erich; Matus-Velasco, Ximena - 2001
Countries with the highest labor productivity overwhelmingly lie in the world's temperate climatic zones far away from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014137336
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Estimation of export Specialization : Lithuanian case
Bernatonyte, Dalia - In: Equilibrium : quarterly journal of economics and … 10 (2015) 3, pp. 129-138
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Estimation of export specialization : Lithuanian case
Bernatonyte, Dalia - 2014
This paper investigates the nature and pattern of export specialization in Lithuania. The aim of this paper is to … specialization in trade between Lithuania and the EU are determined. For measurement the pattern of export specialization in … Lithuania two approaches are adopted. The index of export specialization is used to determine the pattern of comparative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012011085
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Relative factor endowments, foreign direct investment and tax planning of multinational firms : an empirical investigation into cross-country data
Cieślik, Andrzej; Gurshev, Oleg - In: Baltic journal of economics 24 (2024) 1, pp. 30-57
direct investment (FDI) across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Our choice of data is motivated by various legislation gaps …
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