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Explaining gaps in educational transitions between migrant and native school leavers

Zimmermann, Markus - 2019

This paper analyzes the reasons for the large and persistent gaps in transitions after secondary school between native pupils compared to second- and third generation immigrant pupils in Germany. I first document that differences in parental background, skills (such as school degrees or test...

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Ranking friends

Kets, Willemien; Feinberg, Yossi - 2012

We investigate the scope for cooperation within a community engaged in repeated reciprocal interactions. Players seek the help of others and approach them sequentially according to some fixed order, that is, a ranking profile. We study the ranking profiles that are most effective in sustaining...

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International Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Inequality

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

While the allocative efficiency of mobility is typically considered to be positive but small in the long run, the induced changes in equality may be considerable in size. In practice, however, migrants typically improve their income position in comparison to those at home, stimulate the economic...

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Peer Effects Heterogeneity and Social Networks in Education

Shkoza, Livia; Uysal, Derya; Pohlmeier, Winfried - 2023

consistent for a large number of networks keeping the individual network size bounded. We apply this approach to estimate peer …

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Are Momentum Traders Different?Implications for the Momentum Puzzle

Menkhoff, Lukas - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2010

This paper examines the puzzlingly high unexploited momentum returns from a new perspective.We analyze characteristics of momentum traders in a sample of 692 fund managers. Wefind that momentum traders are “defined” by their short-term horizon, by a behavioural viewon the market and by a...

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Diversity and popularity in social networks

Bramoullé, Yann; Rogers, Brian W. - 2009

Homophily, the tendency of linked agents to have similar characteristics, is an important feature of social networks … homophily at the individual level. Especially, we find that popular individuals have more diverse networks. Our results are … supported empirically in the AddHealth data looking at networks of social connections between boys and girls. …

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Social capital and rural development: literature review and current state of the art

Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud; Fischer, Isabel - 2006

definitions are in use. Recently, social capital in the form of social networks has gained much attention in rural development … theory and empirical research. But social networks or structural components of social capital are a largely missing dimension … review, this work proposes a lean and clear definition of social capital: Social capital is conceived as networks plus …

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Rural networks in the funding period 2007 - 2013: A critical review of the EU policy instrument

Marquardt, Doris - 2011

Rural Networks have been implemented as an instrument to enhance EU rural development policies in the funding period … 2007-2013. Gaps in European programme documents concerning the networks' purpose and their evaluation led to a survey of … survey aimed to provide an overview of the development of the networks, of the initial experiences and challenges faced in …

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The Impact of Social Media On Belief Formation

Schwarz, Marco A. - 2017

Social media are becoming increasingly important in our society and change the way people communicate, how they acquire information, and how they form beliefs. Experts are concerned that the rise of social media may make interaction and information exchange among like-minded individuals more...

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Agricultural and food trade in Central and Eastern Europe: the case of Slovenian intra-industry trade

Bojnec, Štefan; Hartmann, Monika - 2004

One of the striking features in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries is the deterioration of their agricultural and food trade balance during transition to a market economy as im-ports increased faster than exports or exports even declined. This paper investigates the Slovenian...

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