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Social capital and economic well-being in Germany's regions : an exploratory spatial data analysis
Botzen, Katrin - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 3 (2016) 1, pp. 1-24
This article explores social capital in Germany in line with Putnam's claim that social capital benefits regional … Germany's many regions. …
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Speaking Acquaintances or Helpers in Need: Participation in Civic Associations and Individual Social Capital
Mutz, Michael; Burrmann, Ulrike; Braun, Sebastian - In: VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and … 33 (2020) 1, pp. 162-172
Germany. Findings show that participation in civic associations is associated with higher levels of social support. This …
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Investigating the link between social cooperation sector and economic well-being of Italian provinces through the lens of social capital
Terzo, Giuseppe - In: Annals of public and cooperative economics 93 (2022) 4, pp. 1041-1062
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Remittances in the Republic of Georgia: Correlates, Economic Impact, and Social Capital Formation
Gerber, Theodore; Torosyan, Karine - In: Demography 50 (2013) 4, pp. 1279-1301
The economic impact of remittances on migrant-sending countries has been a subject of debate in the scholarly literature on migration. We consider the topic using a household-level approach. We use a new survey, “Georgia on the Move,” to examine migrant-level, household-level, and contextual...
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Economic well-being and anti-semitic, xenophobic, and racist attitudes in Germany
Mocan, Naci; Raschke, Christian - 2014
The fear and hatred of others who are different has economic consequences because such feelings are likely to translate into discrimination in labor, credit, housing, and other markets. The implications range from earnings inequality to intergenerational mobility. Using German data from various...
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Overtime work, overtime compensation and the distribution of economic well-being : evidence for West Germany and Great Britain
Pannenberg, Markus; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001
Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … the evolution of the monthly labour earnings distribution and individual economic well-being differently in West Germany … regards to West Germany, we show that the current policy of transforming paid overtime in "working time accounts", which is …
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The economic well-being of farm households in Germany
Bethge, Sabrina; Wendt, Jost-Frederik; Lakner, Sebastian - In: German journal of agricultural economics : GJAE 70 (2021) 4, pp. 236-250
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How the distribution of after-tax income changed over the 1990s business cycle : a comparison of the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Japan
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Oshio, Takashi; Rovba, Ludmila - 2007
-tax (disposable) income moved to the right in the United States and Great Britain while inequality declined. In contrast, Germany and … Germany and Japan. …
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Key stakeholders in the common agricultural policy: farmers' economic well-being, attitudes, and environmental behavior
Bethge, Sabrina - 2023
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) shapes the agri-food sector of the European Union (EU) by mainly regulating the distribution of financial support to agricultural producers. Based on the Treaty of Rome (1957), one of the CAP's objectives is to "ensure a fair living standard for farm-ers" by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013556949
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How do Civic Associations Foster Political Participation? The Role of Scope and Intensity of Organizational Involvement
Li, Hui; Zhang, Jiasheng - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 8 (2017) 1, pp. 3-24
Abstract This paper investigates factors associated with individuals’ decisions in engaging in various modes of political participation, including voting, formal and informal political activities. Two aspects of civic association involvement are highlighted: scope and intensity. Using data...
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