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Using probabilistic expectations data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we establish a link between self-reported expectations of occupational mobility and preferences for redistribution. Our results provide new evidence on the validity of the "prospect of upward mobility" hypothesis. (
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Economics Letters
99 (2008), 3, S. 449-453
| Helmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler
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This paper empirically investigates the link between political patronage and bank performance for Ukraine during 2003Q3-2005Q2. We find significant differences between politically affiliated and non-affiliated banks. The data suggest that affiliated banks have significantly lower interest rate margins and increase their capitalization. Furthermore, we show that the level of activity of affiliated deputies ...
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Economics of Transition
16 (2008), 3, S. 537-557
| Christopher F. Baum, Mustafa Caglayan, Dorothea Schäfer, Oleksandr Talavera
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The paper tests for the existence of human capital externalities using a micro-level approach: the Mincerian wage regression augmented with the average level of education in cities. To solve identification problems arising from the endogeneity of average education, the study exploits a natural experiment provided by the process of economic transition: average education at the end of communism can be ...
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Economics of Transition
16 (2008), 3, S. 415-443
| Alexander Muravyev
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In Germany, support for families includes diverse types of financial and material aid. These different programs are not aligned and coordinated, but rather stand alone alongside each other and are far from being transparent. This article argues that this situation could be remedied by grouping the various family-related support measures within a single family support agency as a parafiscal institution. ...
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Zeitschrift für Familienforschung
20 (2008), 3, S. 322-340
| C. Katharina Spieß
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We evaluate three policy reforms targeted at older unemployed people: (i) an hourly wage subsidy, (ii) an in-work credit, and (iii) an employment bonus in the form of subsidized social security contributions on low wages. The work-incentive, labor-supply, and welfare effects of these policy reforms are analyzed on the basis of a behavioral microsimulation model for Germany. We find that the simulated ...
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Finanzarchiv
64 (2008), 3, S. 380-402
| Peter Haan, Viktor Steiner
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Analysis of consumer-related and consumer-generated data is a very important way to measure the success of on-line retailing. The software packages for data analysis have two major shortcomings: (1) solutions are not offered as a service reachable by standard procedures over the Internet, but as isolated standalone applications or ERP system modules; (2) privacy restrictions need to be integrated into ...
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International Journal of Electronic Commerce
12 (2008), 3, S. 115-150
| Bettina Berendt, Sören Preibusch, Maximilian Teltzrow
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This paper investigates the association between obesity and skill attainment in early childhood (aged 2-3 years). Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study are used to estimate models of developmental functioning in four critical areas (verbal skills, activities of daily living, motor skills, and social skills) as a function of various measures of weight (including body mass index and obesity) ...
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Economics and Human Biology
6 (2008), 3, S. 388-397
| John Cawley, C. Katharina Spieß
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While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have only increased slowly. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the determinants and scale of European migration. It surveys previous historical experiences and empirical findings including the recent Eastern enlargements. The determinants of migration before and after the 2004 enlargement and in the EU15 and EU10 countries ...
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Oxford Review of Economic Policy
24 (2008), 3, S. 428-452
| Anzelika Zaiceva, Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Economic disparities between the regions of the European Union are of constant concern both for policy and economic research. In this paper, we examine whether there are overlapping trends of regional development in the EU: overall convergence, on the one hand, and persistent or even increasing spatial concentration (agglomeration), on the other. Kernel density estimation, Markov chain analysis and ...
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Papers in Regional Science
87 (2008), 2, S. 193-217
| Kurt Geppert, Andreas Stephan
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The local business tax as the main revenue source of local governments in Germany has been under extensive debate for decades. Proposals for reform range from a pure profit tax to an origin-based value-added tax. Local business taxation systems in OECD countries actually represent the whole spectrum between these two extremes. We use a newly developed microsimulation model for the business sector in ...
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Finanzarchiv
64 (2008), 2, S. 245-272
| Frank M. Fossen, Stefan Bach