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SOEPpapers 1011 / 2018
Migrant enterprises comprise about 10% of all enterprises in Germany and are therefore a crucial part of the German economy and its entrepreneurial ecosystems. Relatedly, migrant entrepreneurship is a highly recognized topic within political discussions as well as within entrepreneurship research. While there is already an impressive body of work regarding the nature and quality of migrant enterprises, ...
2018| Teita Bijedić, Alan Piper
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SOEPpapers 1012 / 2018
The human personality predicts a wide range of activities and occupational choices—from musical sophistication to entrepreneurial careers. However, which method should be applied if information on personality traits is used for prediction and advice? In psychological research, group profiles are widely employed. In this contribution, we examine the performance of profiles using the example of career ...
2018| Alexander Konon, Alexander Kritikos
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SOEPpapers 1007 / 2018
We present empirical evidence on the heterogeneity in monetary policy transmission across countries with different home ownership rates. We use household-level data together with shocks to the policy rate identified from high-frequency data. We find that housing tenure reacts more strongly to unexpected changes in the policy rate in Germany and Switzerland –the OECD countries with the lowest home ownership ...
2018| Winfried Koeniger, Marc-Antoine Ramelet
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SOEPpapers 1008 / 2018
This paper studies whether higher education tuition fees influence the intention to acquire a university degree among high school students and, if so, whether the effect on individuals from low-income households is particularly strong. We analyze the introduction and subsequent elimination of university tuition fees in Germany across states and over time in a difference-in-differences setting. Using data ...
2018| Michael Bahrs, Thomas Siedler
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DIW Discussion Papers 1783 / 2019
Fairtrade certification aims at transferring wealth from the consumer to the farmer; however, coffee passes through many hands before reaching final consumers. Bringing together retail, wholesale, and stock market data, this study estimates how much more consumers are paying for Fairtrade-certified coffee in US supermarkets and finds estimates around $1 per lb. I then assess how this price premium ...
2019| Helene Naegele
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Based on a 12 years panel data set for franchised regional rail services, this paper studies the impact of including service quality into an analysis of efficiency differences between the German public transport authorities (PTAs) in using their available public funds. The analysis employs a two-stage efficiency analysis with a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in the first stage and a Tobit panel model ...
In:
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
119 (2019), S. 284-300
| Heike Link
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DIW Discussion Papers 1782 / 2019
Existing long-term energy and climate scenarios are typically a rather simple extrapolation of past trends. Both qualitative and quantitative outlooks co-exist, but they often focus narrowly on individual perspectives, which is opposed to the interlinked and complex nature of energy and climate. Therefore, this study presents a set of novel and multidisciplinary narratives that give insight into four ...
2019| Dawud Ansari, Franziska Holz, Hasan Basri Tosun
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Graduate Center Short Course
On March 14, the event will take place at the Elinor Ostrom Hall. On March 18 and 19, the event will take place at the Anna J. Schwartz Room 5.2.010.
14.03.2019| Paul Heidhues
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Graduate Center Short Course
Dates: 15.04.2019 - 16.04.2019 and 23.04.2019 - 24.04.2019
15.04.2019| Christian Bayer
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Graduate Center Short Course
Location: University of Potsdam, Campus Griebnitzsee, Room 3.06.H01
The content is tailored towards PhD candidates and early career researchers.
Registration via workshop@empwifo.uni-potsdam.de by August 1, 2019.
09.09.2019| Guido Imbens, Stanford Graduate School of Business