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How Unification and Immigration Affected the German Income Distribution

The German economy is not only affected by unification of Germany but by a significant influx of immigrants from abroad and huge migration from East to West Germany around the date of unification. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) allows one to disentangle those effects by decomposition of the Theil I(0)-Index of inequality. In addition, the paper offers insights into the transition ...

Replik: Statistische Infrastruktur im Spannungsfeld öffentlicher Finanzierung und dezentraler Analyse

Labour Market Attachment of People outside the Labour Force: An Explorative Analysis of the Hidden Labour Force in Europe

In addition to employed and unemployed persons, individuals outside the labour force also often enter gainful employment. Generally they are not taken into account in the determinations of a country's labour supply. This is mainly due to the difficulty of identifying this "hidden labour force". Based on the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) in the years 1994, 1995 and 1996, this study takes ...

Die Angebotsabhängigkeit der Nachfrage nach Ausbildungsstellen als Problem bei der Vorrausschätzung der zukünftigen Nachfrage

Was kann die Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland aus der Evaluationsforschung in anderen europäischen Ländern lernen?

Most evaluation studies for Germany's active labor market policy (ALMP) indicate that subsidized employment programs in the public sector (public works programs, "Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen") and publicly funded training programs have, on average, no or even negative effects on individual re-employment probabilities. This paper provides possible explanations for the ineffectiveness of these programs, ...

Perspektiven für mehr Jobs in Deutschland

There is no simple solution to the German unemployment dilemma. Neither too high wages, nor unionized central bargaining, nor the evidence of the effects of the welfare state deliver a simple explanation. The East German experience confirms this view. A solution needs to combine flexibility with economic growth. More flexible product markets could help to generate the higher demand for unskilled labour ...

Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights, North-South Trade, and Biological Diversity

In the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement of GATT (1 January 1995) it was agreed to harmonise intellectual property rights (IPR) on an international level and to include the option for patent protection for all life forms such as plants and animals (Article 27 (3) b). Patenting, however, leads to considerable conflicts between international trade and protection of biological ...

Is Child Like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

The speed at which immigrants assimilate is the subject of debate. Human capital formation plays a major role in this discussion. We compare second generation immigrants' educational attainments to those of similarly aged natives. Evidence from German data suggests ethnicity matters: ethnic network size has a positive effect on educational attainment, and a clear pattern is exhibited between countries-of-origin ...

Bildungseffekte vorschulischer Kinderbetreuung

Analysing the Dynamics of Social Change in Europe

Ecological Labelling and the World Trade Organization

Normalarbeitsverhältnis und Geschlechterordnung

Central and Eastern Europe's Trade with OECD Countries: New Tigers ante portas?

Transformation, Integration and Unification: the Hypothetical Case of North Korea: Some Economic Considerations

Globalisation, Unemployment and Social Inequality: a Farewell to Welfare?

Integration, Trade Costs and the Export Behaviour of Firms: Empirical Evidence on the Venables Model

A Mixed Approach and a Distribution-Free Multiple Imputation Technique for the Estimation of a Multivariate Probit Model with Missing Values

In the present paper a mixed generalized estimating/pseudo-score equations (GEPSE) approach together with a distribution-free multiple imputation technique is proposed for the estimation of regression and correlation structure parameters of multivariate probit models with missing values for an ordered categorical timeinvariant variable. Furthermore, a generalization of the squared trace correlation ...

Evaluation of a Pseudo-R2 Measure for Panel Probit Models

A simulation study designed to evaluate the pseudo-R2T proposed in an earlier paper by Spiess and Keller suggests that, for the models considered, this measure represents the goodness of fit not only of the systematic part, but also of the assumed correlation structure in binary panel probit models.

Stabilität und Wandel von Generationenbeziehungen

In diesem Beitrag geht es um Stabilität und Wandel ost-und westdeutscher Generationenbeziehungen nach der Wiedervereinigung. Im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung stehen erwachsene Kinder und Eltern, die nicht mehr im selben Haushalt leben. Die allermeisten Eltern und erwachsenen Kinder wohnen nicht weit voneinander entfernt und berichten von einem engen Verhältnis zueinander. Gleichzeitig stehen viele Eltern ...

Messung von Dienstleistungen mit Hilfe von Haushaltsbefragungen