This volume was prepared by Marc Piopiunik while he has been working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in June 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes four self-contained empirical studies. All studies aim at...

This PhD thesis contains three self-contained chapters, focusing on the long-term out- come of different childhood experiences. As children are vulnerable to early life experi- ences, whether they have a good or bad start has long-term implications on their life. For that reason, understanding...

In den letzten Dekaden haben sich die englisch-sprachigen Länder der Karibik in globale Märkte integriert und gleichzeitig ein rapides Wirtschaftswachstum sowie eine positive sozio-ökonomische Entwicklung erfahren. Dennoch haben Naturkatastrophen sowie globale Wirtschafts-, Finanz- und...