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Wretched refuse? : The political economy of immigration and institutions
Nowrasteh, Alex; Powell, Benjamin - 2021
"This chapter makes the standard economic case for free immigration. It outlines the massive global gains in output that eliminating immigration restrictions could create. It reviews the increased earnings and productivity of people based on place specific productivity, it reviews the evidence...
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Wretched refuse? : the political economy of immigration and institutions
Nowrasteh, Alex; Powell, Benjamin - 2020
Economic arguments favoring increased immigration restrictions suggest that immigrants undermine the culture, institutions, and productivity of destination countries. But is this actually true? Nowrasteh and Powell systematically analyze cross-country evidence of potential negative effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013272447
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Bauwirtschaft: Konjunkturprogramme zeigen Wirkung
Gornig, Martin; Weber, Sebastian - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 47, pp. 812-820
Der scharfe Einbruch der deutschen Konjunktur hat Spuren in der Bauwirtschaft hinterlassen. Besonders betroffen ist der Wirtschaftsbau, da durch den gesamtwirtschaftlichen Abschwung die Investitionsbereitschaft deutlich zurückgegangen ist. Beim Wohnungsbau ist die Rezession dank der stabilen...
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The resilience and realignment of house prices in the era of Covid-19
Duca, John V.; Hoesli, Martin; Montezuma, Joaquim - 2020
Purpose:The article analyzes the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on house prices.Design/Methodology/Approach:We start by discussing the possibility that house price indexes may not fully incorporate the effects of the pandemic as of yet. Against the background of the pandemic, we then analyze...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421453
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The incidence of housing allowances : quasi-experimental evidence
Eerola, Essi; Lyytikäinen, Teemu; Saarimaa, Tuukka; … - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013419346
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On international harmonization of policy instruments to promote paper recycling in Europe
Huhtala, Anni; Samakovlis, Eva - 1998
goal could be implemented in different countries through taxes or subsidies. Finally, we discuss the distributional effects …
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The Effect of Subsidizing Continuous Training Investments - Evidence from German Establishment Data
Görlitz, Katja - 2009
This paper evaluates the impact of a training voucher program on establishments' investments in further training. The voucher program that was implemented in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia increased training incentives for employees in small and medium-sized establishments by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265781
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Subsidizing start-ups: Policy targeting and policy effectiveness
Kösters, Sarah - 2009
Start-up subsidies are a frequently employed policy instrument, the use of which is justified by alleged market failure … subsidies reflects a policy focus on addressing these market failure occurrences. However, using survey data from the East … losses of start-up subsidies. The analysis points to serious information problems arising when subsidies should be allocated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267097
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People, Places and Public Policy: Some Simple Welfare Economics of Local Economic Development Programs
Kline, Patrick; Moretti, Enrico - 2013
class of place based policies attempt to address these differences through public investments and subsidies that target …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329021
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Innovation subsidies: Does the funding source matter for innovation intensity and performance? Empirical evidence from Germany
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2011
Applying a variant of a non-parametric matching estimator, we consider European funding and national funding as heterogeneous treatments, distinguishing and simultaneously analyzing the effect these treatments have on innovation input and performance. In terms of input, getting funding from both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306008