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Increasing labor migration and simultaneous aging of societies are two important demographic developments many poor countries face. Elderly people who are left behind may experience a decrease in welfare when their children migrate. This paper investigates the effect of migration on various...
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This paper analyses the wage premia associated with workers' occupational use of foreign languages in Germany. After eliminating time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity and other confounding factors, sizable returns of about 10 percent to applying fluent English skills are found. Returns to...
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Unter dem Schlagwort Big Data werden neue und in Abgrenzung zur üblichen Wirtschaftsstatistik unkonventionelle Datenquellen zusammengefasst. Sie sind sehr umfangreich und sehr zeitnah sowie in hoher Frequenz verfügbar. Allerdings weisen diese neuen Daten eine hohe Bandbreite und Komplexität...
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Evidence on the effectiveness of FX interventions in the prevailing higher frequency approaches leaves a gap at horizons going beyond a few days. This is addressed by identifying a structural vector autoregressive model for the daily frequency with an external instrument. Using Japanese data, we...
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Intervenieren Zentralbanken häufig auf Devisenmärkten, um Wechselkurse zu beeinflussen? Falls ja, ist das effektiv? Aus deutscher Perspektive mögen diese Fragen überraschen: Die Europäische Zentralbank interveniert praktisch nicht auf Devisenmärkten, sondern lässt die Wechselkurse frei...
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Immigration has been considered critical for the emergence of a new cleavage in the European Union that pits the winners of globalisation against the losers. Ample research has demonstrated the social structure and the organisational base of this new cleavage. So far, however, there is no study...
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Improved living conditions in Africa would lessen migratory pressure on Europe. The scope of Germany‘s "Marshall Plan with Africa" is too narrow; progress can only be made if Europe works together. A financial system that reaches as many people as possible could be one key to future...
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Die Grundstoffindustrie wie Stahl- und Zementherstellung verursacht rund ein Viertel der weltweiten CO2-Emissionen. Europäischer Emissionshandel kann eine wichtige Rolle für die Stärkung von Innovation und Investition in klimafreundliche Technologien einnehmen. Umfassende Ausnahmeregelungen...
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