The Horn of Africa and the Sahel are among the most fragile regions in the world: poor, lacking basic infrastructure and state presence across much of their respective territories, and both form hotbeds of conflict and political instability compounded by climate change. This DIIS Working Paper...

Im soziologischen Forschungsprojekt "Multilokalität, raumbezogene Einstellungen und lokales Handeln" wurde untersucht, unter welchen Bedingungen multilokale Akteure kognitiv-emotionale Identifikationen mit ihren Wohnorten entwickeln und wie diese lokale Handlungen, etwa lokalen Konsum und...

Im soziologischen Forschungsprojekt "Multilokalität, raumbezogene Einstellungen und lokales Handeln" wurde untersucht, unter welchen Bedingungen multilokale Akteure kognitiv-emotionale Identifikationen mit ihren Wohnorten entwickeln und wie diese lokale Handlungen, etwa lokalen Konsum und...

This paper investigates the impact of inequality on individual civic engagement at the community level, whether this impact persists over time, and what mechanisms may shape the relationship between inequality and civic engagement. The results show that inequality in Colombia is associated with...

This thesis engages with the organizing of participation in participatory art that constitutes the so-called social turn in contemporary visual art. The purpose of the research project is to generate new knowledge about participatory art, in particular, by investigating the organizational...

Das Bundesprogramm „Soziale Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt“ zielte auf die Verbesserung der sozialen Teilhabe von arbeitsmarktfernen Langzeitleistungsbeziehenden im SGB II, die entweder mit Kindern in einer Bedarfsgemeinschaft leben und/oder auf Grund von gesundheitlichen Einschränkungen...

We present a model of public procurement in which both contractual flexibility and political tolerance for contractual deviations determine renegotiations. In the model, contractual flexibility allows for adaptation without formal renegotiation while political tolerance for deviations decreases...

Einige Studien suggerieren, dass der technologische Wandel Schuld an der Prekarisierung sei und, dass durch die Digitalisierung in Zukunft viele Arbeitsplätze verloren gehen werden. Diese Prognosen verkennen laut Dr. Florian Butollo jedoch, dass neben der Digitalisierung auch das politische...

We study the effect of term limits on voter turnout in local Italian elections. Since 2014 the Italian law allows mayors in municipalities with a population size lower than 3,000 inhabitants to re-run for a third term, whereas mayors in cities with a number of residents above the cutoff still...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between the participation of women in companies with financial performance. However, this relationship does not arise directly. The authors argue that the participation of women in the company's staff has a positive effect on the...

Einige Studien suggerieren, dass der technologische Wandel Schuld an der Prekarisierung sei und, dass durch die Digitalisierung in Zukunft viele Arbeitsplätze verloren gehen werden. Diese Prognosen verkennen laut Dr. Florian Butollo jedoch, dass neben der Digitalisierung auch das politische...

From both health and environmental policy perspectives, it is advisable to ensure that individuals maximise the nutritional gains from eating meat, without having a significantly adverse environmental impact, i.e. sustainable meat consumption pathways are imperative. This is especially true for...

El Principio 10 de la Declaración de Río sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo (1992) señala de manera expresa que la mejor manera de tratar las cuestiones ambientales es propiciando de modo oportuno la participación de todos los ciudadanos, en el nivel que corresponda. En este contexto,...

Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women's perception about their own rights and role. We question whether these events have translated into better outcomes within Egyptian households. We conjecture that potential changes...

A large literature has claimed that higher political participation increases welfare spending. In this paper, I review this literature. I study the theoretical link between participation and redistributive spending. Then, I survey the empirical literature on the link between education, income...

Using nationally representative data from repeated cross section surveys conducted in 2011/12, 2013/14, and 2016/17, we test for separability in the household model and analyse household factor market participation in Afghanistan. Estimates of a household labour demand model and tests for...

Infrastructure development in Southeast Asia has been financed mainly by public funds, which leave wide gaps in majority of countries. Governments have tried to attract the private sector by offering various schemes under public-private partnership (PPP). Typically, PPP contributes less than 1%...

Accurately measuring government benefit receipt in household surveys is necessary when studying disadvantaged populations and the programs that serve them. The Food Stamp Program is especially important given its size and recent growth. To validate survey reports, we use administrative data on...

The increased amount of electricity supply from intermittent renewable energy sources leads more and more to high price volatility in electricity spot markets. An increasing share of generation is less dispatchable than in the past, and therefore higher amounts of flexible demand, which can be...