We examine how the source of foreign aid affects the composition of the recipient government's spending. Does the source of aid--bilateral or multilateral--influence recipient policy-makers' choice between development and nondevelopment expenditure? We depart from previous literature by...

We examine how the source of foreign aid affects the composition of the recipient government's spending. Does the source of aid - bilateral or miltilateral - influence ricipient policy-makers' choice between development and nondevelopment expenditure? We depart from previous literature by...

The paper tests the hypothesis of a positive impact of democratization on growth, economic development and changes in well-being. We construct an empirical model to explain the impact of political institutions (democracy), economic institutions, financial market efficiency, scientific...

Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant's country in the host region. Using Mexican migration data, we analyze the effects of the usual network variable and two additional origin-village-specific variables on migrants' location choice.

Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...

This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the European Union. Earlier papers measure the presence of immigrants in the local labor market by computing the share of the foreigners in specific regions. This paper, instead, utilizes...