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Der Übergang von der Grundschule in die mehrgliedrige Sekundarstufe ist in Deutschland entscheidend für den weiteren Bildungsverlauf, da spätere Wechsel der Schulform zwar möglich sind, aber nur relativ selten stattfinden. In diesem Papier betrachten wir den Einfluss der Akzeptanz der Schullaufbahnempfehlungen am Ende der Grundschulzeit auf den Bildungsverlauf bis zum Alter von 17 Jahren. Die Datengrundlage ...
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Zeitschrift für Soziologie
39 (2010), 6, S. 470-492
| Henning Lohmann, Olaf Groh-Samberg
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This paper examines the deployment of microgeneration in Germany and the UK from a technological innovation systems (TIS) perspective. Based on the TIS functions approach, we condense supportive and obstructive factors and discuss the differences in the respective national setting for small-scale renewable and combined heat and power (CHP) technologies. The findings underline the relevance of legitimation ...
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Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
22 (2010), 6, S. 745-764
| Barbara Praetorius, Mari Martiskainen, Raphael Sauter, Jim Watson
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Empirical studies on the earnings effects of tobacco use have found significant wage penalties attached to smoking. This article produces evidence that suggests that these estimates are significantly upward biased. The bias arises from a general failure in the literature to control for past smoking behaviour of individuals. Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) regressions show that the smoking wage penalty ...
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Applied Economics Letters
17 (2010), 6, S. 561-564
| Silke Anger, Michael Kvasnicka
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Competition is claimed to be beneficial in development projects promoting micro and small enterprise finance although there are still doubts as to whether these loans can be developed into a profitable business. Our research sheds new light on the question of how many MSE banking units should optimally be created and supported in a certain region. We employ a unique data set from the European Bank ...
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Applied Economics
42 (2010), 6, S.701-716
| Dorothea Schäfer, Boriss Siliverstovs, Eva Terberger
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The paper presents a meta dataset covering 13 experiments on social learning games. It is found that in situations where it is empirically optimal to follow others and contradict one's own information, the players err in the majority of cases, forgoing substantial parts of earnings. The average player contradicts her own signal only if the empirical odds ratio of the own signal being wrong, conditional ...
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The American Economic Review
100 (2010), 5, S. 2340-2360
| Georg Weizsäcker
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In 1997, the Comision Reguladora de Energia of Mexico implemented a netback rule for linking the Mexican natural gas price to the Texas price. At that time, the Texas price reflected a reasonably competitive market. There have been dramatic increases in the demand for gas, and there are various bottlenecks in the supply of gas. As a result, the price of gas in Texas now reflects the quasi-rents created ...
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The Southern Economic Journal
76 (2010), 4, S. 1131-1136
| Dagobert L. Brito, Juan Rosellón
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Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich vor dem Hintergrund spezifischer Rekrutierungsmuster im Berufsfeld Wissenschaft mit der sozialstrukturellen Zusammensetzung der Professorenschaft im Fach Soziologie. Grundlage ist eine Gesamterhebung der Professorinnen und Professoren an universitären soziologischen Fachinstituten und ausgewählten außeruniversitären wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen. Untersuchte ...
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Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
62 (2010), 4, S. 751-766
| Steffen Mau, Denis Huschka
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Decentralisation is often claimed to be effective for improvements in welfare and hence the reduction of poverty but empirical evidence is scarce. This paper seeks to gain further insights into the relationship between decentralisation and welfare by investigating the role of local governments' capacity for household consumption and school enrolment in Uganda. Using household survey data, it finds ...
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Journal of Development Studies
46 (2010), 4, S. 644-661
| Susan Steiner
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Coal continues to play an important role in the global energy sector and with the increase in international trade a global market for steam coal has developed. We investigate market structure and recent price developments with a numerical modeling approach and develop two partial equilibrium models, a quantity based model and a model additionally incorporating energy values. We compare two possible ...
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The Energy Journal
31 (2010), 4, S. 205-229
| Clemens Haftendorn, Franziska Holz
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Given the recent efforts in several countries to reorganize the research institutional setting to improve research productivity, our analysis addresses the following questions: To which extent has the recent awareness over international quality standards in economics around the world been reflected in research performance? How have individual countries fared? Do research quantity and quality indicators ...
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Kyklos
63 (2010), 4, S. 479-494
| Ana Rute Cardoso, Paulo Guimarães, Klaus F. Zimmermann