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This study was prepared by Sven Neelsen while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in December 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in May 2012. The study investigates long-run effects of...
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technologique des pays. Outre les effets respectifs de l'éducation et des régulations sur les marchés des biens et du travail, elle … interaction entre les rigidités s'exerçant sur les deux marchés ressort nettement. Le fort impact du niveau d'éducation supérieure …
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This paper examines empirically which factors determine voluntary adoption of Environmental Management System (EMS) certification (ISO 14001 or EMAS) by agrifood industries. A discrete-choice model of EMS certification is applied to a sample of 1,000 French agrifood firms. The findings suggest...
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__Abstract__ Given the enormous impact of the 2007-2010 worldwide financial crisis on societies, one may wonder what the impact was on individual consumer behavior concerning financial products and services. A natural expectation would be that the crisis made people aware of the risks and...
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The objective of this work is to present this research conducted in the Group Unión fuel area, is to show an example about how the construction of the knowledge occurs in the north-central region of the state of Sinaloa, and in addition, to document a case study with empirical references that...
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year later delayed the age of first birth by 0.5 years. Parental education and wealth also had important effects on … additional years of schooling of her mother. Overall, the results provided rigorous evidence for the critical role of education … – both own education and that of parents – in delaying marriage and fertility of young women. …
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This paper considers the relationship between international migration and gender discrimination through the lens of decision-making power over intrahousehold resource allocation. The endogeneity of migration is addressed with a difference-in-differences style identification strategy and a model...
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In the United States, the Great Recession has been marked by severe shocks to labor and housing markets. In this study, we combine longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) with administrative data on local area unemployment rates and state-level mortgage...
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Non-cognitive skills in childhood and adolescence are associated with a host of outcomes in adulthood, including educational and occupational attainment. One explanation for these associations is that poor non-cognitive skills in early childhood interfere with the development of cognitive skills...
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Though sociologists have examined the consequences of mass imprisonment of African-American men on the incarcerated men, their families, and their communities, no study has considered its impact on racial disparities in educational achievement. Analyzing the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing...
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