In the last few decades, urban restructuring programs have been implemented in many Western European cities with the main goal of combating a variety of socioeconomic problems in deprived neighborhoods. The main instrument of restructuring has been housing diversification and tenure mixing. The...

Die Wohnsitzauflage soll die nachhaltige Integration anerkannter Flüchtlinge fördern. Aus ökonomischer Sicht scheint sie hierfür jedoch wenig geeignet. Frühere Erfahrungen zeigen, dass eine Festschreibung des Wohnortes die Wahrscheinlichkeit, eine Arbeitsstelle zu finden, reduziert. Der so...

This paper highlights the urban development in India and implications for low income households living in informal settlements or slums. The paper is divided into four sections. Section 1 describes urban development pattern in India. Section 2 presents a summary of policies since 1950 which have...

Die vorliegende Studie des Liechtenstein-Instituts zum Thema "Das verfügbare Einkommen in Liechtenstein im Vergleich mit der Schweiz" wurde von der liechtensteinischen Regierung (Ministerium für Gesellschaft) in Auftrag gegeben. Sie untersucht - vereinfacht gesagt - für die...

We examine the differential effects of family disadvantage on the education and adult labor market outcomes of men and women using high-quality administrative data on the entire population of Denmark born between 1966 and 1995. We link parental education and family structure during childhood to...

This paper highlights the urban development in India and implications for low income households living in informal settlements or slums. The paper is divided into four sections. Section 1 describes urban development pattern in India. Section 2 presents a summary of policies since 1950 which have...

This empirical work examines the spatial process of demographic change, that has been coined reurbanization, and its effects on transport. It aims to assess reurbanization from a transport-planning perspective and to draw conclusions on how these processes should be formed by urban planning. The...

Wie bewältigen Menschen, die in Dörfern, leben ihren Alltag? Diese Frage steht im Mittelpunkt des Forschungsprojekts „Alltagsbewältigungsstrategien“, das im Rahmen der Verbundstudie „Dörfliche Lebensverhältnisse im Wandel 1952, 1972, 1993, 2012“ durchgeführt wurde. Typisch ist das...

Shih-cheng Lien untersucht die Bedeutung der gestiegenen Frauenerwerbstätigkeit für die Veränderungen von Wohnstandort und räumlicher Mobilität. Mit Hilfe einer sekundärstatistischen Analyse des Sozioökonomischen Panels (SOEP) für die Jahre 1993 bis 2008 analysiert sie die zunehmende...

Bei der Reform des Länderfinanzausgleichs wird auch die horizontale Steuerverteilung in den Blick genommen. Das den Ländern und Gemeinden zustehende Lohnsteueraufkommen wird derzeit ausschließlich nach dem Wohnsitzprinzip zerlegt, allerdings wird aus finanzwissenschaftlicher Sicht wiederholt...

This paper analyzes job referral effects that are based on residential location. We use georeferenced record data for the entire working population (liable to social security) and the corresponding establishments in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, which is Germany's largest (and EU's second...

Proximity to water is appreciated by households. Hedonic analyses that try to measure the value of this amenity are potentially biased by omitted variables as locations close to the water may be selected by households with higher incomes who construct more luxury houses. Since it is difficult to...

Bei der Reform des Länderfinanzausgleichs wird auch die horizontale Steuerverteilung in den Blick genommen. Das den Ländern und Gemeinden zustehende Lohnsteueraufkommen wird derzeit ausschließlich nach dem Wohnsitzprinzip zerlegt, allerdings wird aus finanzwissenschaftlicher Sicht wiederholt...

We examine the health and height of men born in England and Wales in the 1890s who enlisted in the army at the time of the First World War. We take a sample of the army service records and use this information to find the recruits as children in the 1901 census. Econometric results indicate that...

Previous research consistently finds that racially-based residential segregation is associated with poor economic, health, and social outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between residential segregation and self-reported happiness. Using panel data from the National...

The natural environment is one of the factors of development activities location. The quality and availability of natural values influences bid prices of flats. The availability of ecosystems of special qualities such as rarity and uniqueness is not a desirable feature for potential buyers. This...

Your very private job agency: Job referrals based on residential location networks This paper analyzes job referral effects that are based on residential location. We use georeferenced record data for the entire working population (liable to social security) and the corresponding establishments...