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      <title>Remittances and gender: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/52543</link>
      <description>Titel: Remittances and gender: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence
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&lt;br/&gt;Autoren: Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild
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&lt;br/&gt;Zusammenfassung: In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained theoretically by way of intra-family contracts. We develop a basic formal concept that includes aspects of the transnational network and derive hypotheses from it. For our empirical investigation, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for the years 2001-2006. Our findings show: first, the fact that foreign women remit less money than foreign men can be explained by the underlying transnational network contract. Second, remittances sent by foreigners and naturalized immigrants have at least partly different determinants. Acquiring German citizenship increases the probability of family reunification in the destination country and decreases remittances. Third, the structure of the existing social network in Germany and the network structure in the home country both play important roles in explaining remittances.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>High-skilled immigration policy in Europe</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/52542</link>
      <description>Titel: High-skilled immigration policy in Europe
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&lt;br/&gt;Autoren: Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F.
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&lt;br/&gt;Zusammenfassung: Whether Europe will be able to stand up to its internal and external challenges crucially depends on its ability to manage its internal mobility and inflows of international migrants. Using a unique expert opinion survey, we document that Europe needs skilled migrants, and skill mismatch is to be expected. A review of current immigration policies shows that despite a number of positive recent developments Europe lacks a consistent strategy to address this challenge effectively, paralyzed by the notion of fortress Europe, which we argue should be abandoned. Since significant political tensions can be expected between native actors that favor and disfavor further immigration, improving European immigration policies and procedures is a formidable challenge. This task involves the need to improve Europe's image among potential migrants, especially the high-skilled ones.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Does gender affect funding success at the peer-to-peer credit markets? Evidence from the largest German lending platform</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/52541</link>
      <description>Titel: Does gender affect funding success at the peer-to-peer credit markets? Evidence from the largest German lending platform
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&lt;br/&gt;Autoren: Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea
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&lt;br/&gt;Zusammenfassung: Studies of peer-to-peer lending in the USA find that female borrowers have better chances of getting funds than males. Is differential treatment of borrowers of different sexes a common feature of peer-to-peer lendingmarkets or is it subject to specific businessmodels, ways of fixing loan contracts and even national financial systems? We aim at answering this question by providing evidence on loan procurement at the largest German peer-to-peer lending platform Smava.de. Our results show that gender does not affect individual borrower's chances of funding success on this platform, ceteris paribus. Hence, gender discrimination seems to be a platform-specific phenomenon rather than a common attribute of this innovative form of credit markets.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Beyond the overall economic downturn: Evidence on sector-specific effects of violent conflict from Indonesia</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/52540</link>
      <description>Titel: Beyond the overall economic downturn: Evidence on sector-specific effects of violent conflict from Indonesia
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&lt;br/&gt;Autoren: Vothknecht, Marc; Sumarto, Sudarno
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&lt;br/&gt;Zusammenfassung: This paper analyses the impact of violent conflict on economic growth using micro-level data from Indonesia. We compile a panel dataset at district level for the period 2002-2008, and disentangle the overall negative economic effect of violent conflict into its sectoral components. Our results reveal substantial differences across sectors, with the most detrimental impact evident in manufacturing industries and the service sectors. Further, the short-run impacts on growth appear to be only temporal, and some evidence for the 'phoenix effect' in the early post-conflict period is found. The construction sector, in particular, recovers soon once conflict ends, while manufacturing industries and the finance sector appear especially reliant on a lasting peace. A series of alternative specifications confirm the main findings of the analysis.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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