Topic Consumers

Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership

Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic identity as a potential influence on the homeownership decision, using a two-dimensional model of ethnic identity ...

Wealth and Asset Holdings of Immigrants in Germany

This paper examines the relative wealth position and the portfolio choices of immigrants in Germany. The empirical findings reveal significant differences in overall wealth and various wealth components between German natives and immigrants. Differences in real estate constitute the major part of different levels of net worth, indicating that disparities in home-ownership rates are responsible for ...

Consumer Policy as a Driver of the Economy: Documentation of the International Workshop on "Aspects of Consumer Policy as Drivers of the Economy - Selected Countries Considered as Examples", 9 - 10 March 2006 in Berlin ; on Behalf of the German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food

Consumer Policy as a Driver of the Economy: An Economic Perspective of the Department Information Society and Competition

Introduction: Questions and Precedures of the Project "Consumer Policy as a Driver of the Economy"

Consumer Policy as a Driver of the Economy: Theoretical Perspective of the Study

Some Thoughts about "Consumer Policy as a Driver of the Economy": Impact Assessment, Interrelation between Consumer Policy and other Policies, Macro-Economic Context

Internet, E-Commerce and Consumer Policy

Integrated Consumer Policy: Economic Effects of Consumer-Related Instruments in EU-Integrated Product Policy (IPP)

Does Certification Signify Quality and Reputation?