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Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence

In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained theoretically by way of intra-family contracts. We develop a basic formal concept that includes aspects of the transnational network and derive hypotheses from it. For our empirical investigation, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for the years 2001-2006. Our findings ...

Family

Family policy gained considerable relevance which is reflected by the current public attention to family issues. In regard to many recommendations of the KVI in 2001 improvements can be reported which family research profited from in a considerable way. However, pertaining to quality and content progress in data provision since the beginning of the 21st century was limited. Particularly, the availability ...

A Microeconometric Analysis of Labour Supply for the FRG and the USA

An Empirical Study on the Labor Supply of Married Women in the USA and the FRG: A Descripitive Analysis Using Panel Data

A Comparative Empirical Analysis of Labour Supply and Wages of Married Women in the FRG and the USA. A Microeconometric Study using SEP and PSID Panel Data

Wages and Unemployment: A Microeconometric Analysis for the FRG

The Impact of Training on Unemployment Duration in West Germany - Combining a Discrete Hazard Rate Model with Matching Techniques

The Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training on Unemployment Duration in West Germany - A Discrete Hazard Rate Model Based on a Matched Sample

Estimating the Effect of Vocational Training on Unemployment Duration in West Germany - A Discrete Hazard Rate Model with Instrumental Variables

This paper is concerned with the effect of vocational training on individual unemployment duration in West Germany. The data base used in this study is the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for West Germany for the period from 1984 to 1994. The econometric model is a semi-parametric single risk discrete time duration model. To take into account a possible selection bias, an instrumental variable ...

Analyzing the Effects of On-the-Job vs. Off-the-Job Training on Unemployment Duration in West Germany