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The benefits of remoteness : digital mobility data, regional road infrastructure, and Covid-19 infections

Krenz, Astrid; Strulik, Holger - 2020

We investigate the regional distribution of the COVID-19 outbreak in Germany. We use a novel digital mobility dataset, that traces the undertaken trips on Easter Sunday 2020 and instrument them with regional accessibility as measured by the regional road infrastructure of Germany's 401 NUTS III...

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Robots, reshoring, and the lot of low-skilled workers

Krenz, Astrid; Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2019

We propose a theoretical framework to analyze the offshoring and reshoring decisions of firms in the age of automation. Our theory suggests that increasing productivity in automation leads to a relocation of previously offshored production back to the home economy but without improving...

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Menstruation hygiene management and work attendance in a developing country

Krenz, Astrid; Strulik, Holger - 2019

Women in developing countries face challenges in terms of managing their menstrual hygiene. Oftentimes they do not possess the right means nor materials nor have access to the right facilities. Using a newly released dataset for Burkina Faso and propensity score matching, we provide for the...

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Robots, reshoring, and the lot of low-skilled workers

Krenz, Astrid; Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2020

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Robots, reshoring, and the lot of low-skilled workers

Krenz, Astrid; Prettner, Klaus; Strulik, Holger - 2018

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Modeling the Interaction Between Industries and Services Sectors´ Agglomeration in the European Union

KRENZ, Astrid - EcoMod Network

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Explaining Industrial Localization and Countries´ Specialization in the European Union: An Empirical Investigation

KRENZ, Astrid; RÜBEL, Gerhard - EcoMod Network

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Cross-country heterogeneity and endogeneity bias in life satisfaction estimations - Macro- and micro-level evidence for advanced, developing and transition countries

Krenz, Astrid - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2013

The past literature found evidence for the presence of endogeneity issues due to individuals' heterogeneity and omitted time-varying variables in the relationship between income and life satisfaction on the micro-level for the UK (Powdthavee (2010)). The aim of the present contribution is to put...

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La distinction reloaded: Returns to education, family background, cultural and social capital in Germany

Krenz, Astrid - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2010

The German educational system finds itself being criticized by the OECD in its Programme for International Student Assessment. Family background would heavily influence children's academic achievements. A child stemming from a high class family has a 3.1 times higher chance to go to secondary...

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A panel co-integration analysis of industrial and services sectors' agglomeration in the European Union

Krenz, Astrid - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2012

Geography in explaining industrial and services sectors' agglomeration in the European Union. Therefore, new dynamic panel data … estimation techniques will be employed. Static panel data analysis reveals that assumptions of New Trade Theory and New Economic … Geography can explain industrial concentration in the EU best. Results from dynamic panel OLS show that intermediate goods …

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