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Who benefits from GRW? Heterogeneous effects of investment subsidies in Saxony Anhalt
Dettmann, Eva; Weyh, Antje; Titze, Mirko - 2017
We estimate causal employment effects of investment subsidies for treated firms as a whole as well as heterogeneous effects depending on firm characteristics and economic environment. We modify the standard matching and difference-in-difference approach by introducing a combined statistical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011712671
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Typological analysis of factors reducing rural mortality in Russian regions
Blinova, Tatiana; Bylina, Svetlana - 2013
towards its citizens, the quality of life of the population, the values and social attitudes of different population strata …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397356
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Student mobility - Recruitment to studies and supply of post-graduates in a geographical perspective
Stambøl, Lasse Sigbjørn - 2013
-graduates mostly take place during their studies or just after their graduation. It is detected small gender deviation between the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397477
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Rural Mortality from External Causes in Russian Regions
Blinova, Tatiana - 2014
's data for Russian regions (2000-2012), and describes the nosological, gender and regional profile of rural mortality from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400084
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Labor Market Outcomes of Highly Educated Immigrants: Does Your Name Matter?
Xu, Dafeng - 2015
Prior empirical research shows that acculturation in the host country might be positively related to immigrants? labor market outcomes. However, whether acculturation helps highly educated immigrants in the labor market is in question, as they have completed a significant fraction of human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400318
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Migration, allocation and reallocation of immigrants in the regional labour markets
Stambøl, Lasse Sigbjørn - 2015
The aim of this paper is to analyse immigrants? mobility, both geographically and in terms of transitions into and out of the regional labour markets in Norway, in order to uncover the extent to which the workings of local labour markets contribute to integration versus exclusion. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400483
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Acculturational Homophily in Friendships based on English-Name Usage: A Natural Experiment
Xu, Dafeng - 2015
This paper examines acculturational homophily in friendships of international students. Acculturation (also known as cultural assimilation) is measured by English-name usage. I use data from Renren.com, a Facebook-type social networking site based in China. The sample consists of students who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400543
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The Output Cost of Gender Discrimination: A Model-Based Macroeconomic Estimate
Cavalcanti, Tiago V. de V.; Tavares, José - 2008
Gender-based discrimination is a pervasive and costly phenomenon. To a greater or lesser extent, all economies present … a gender wage gap, associated with lower female labor force participation rates and higher fertility. This paper … discrimination. The model is calibrated to mimic the performance of the U.S. economy, including the gender wage gap and relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301433
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The First Born Burden
Tsukada, Raquel - 2011
Being the first born of a family entails inherent responsibilities. Sociologists, psychologists and economists have long argued that the first born's receive differentiated treatment within the household. This paper tests and quantifies the existence of a disproportionate workload over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305625
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The Double African Paradox: What does selective mortality tell us?
Rouanet, Léa - 2011
We study the relationship between height stature and child mortality in West Africa. This is motivated by two things: understanding the determinants of height, widely used health indicator, and explaining the « double African paradox ». This paradox comes from the fact that Africans are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305639