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Determines Migrants’ Remittances?∗ Abstract: Migrants’ remittances are the subject of this study which is based on German SOEP data. Major findings are: income only partly explains remittances. Altruism, integration [...] remittances, household size and years in the hosting country affect remittances negatively in models based on altruism and positively in the case of those focusing on investment motives; other variables as [...] “remittances”, defined as migrants’ cross-border transfers. Our sample includes 2,608 observations. Based on the relevant arguments from the literature (Cox 1987, Poirine 1997, Stark/Wang 2002) the explanatory
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A Numerical Study This section compares the estimator based on a correlation matrix common to all units, denoted as GEE∗ with the estimator based on covariance matrices not depending on a common correlation [...] description see Raghunathan et al. (2001, 2002). Based on this 19 procedure, M = 10 completed data sets were created. The imputations were generated based on males selected into the imputa- tion data set [...] particularly impor- tant if estimation is based on survey data with missing values. For example, if the weights used to compensate for missing units are based on estimated response probabilities, as delivered
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Festinger, 1957), people’s concerns about the euro should decrease after its introduction. This idea is based on two assumptions: first, that individuals evaluate the euro positively because they use it every [...] socialisation processes and past experiences. Attitude changes can be the result of learning processes based on socially transmitted experiences and social communication. These processes are a function of the [...] and goals are adapted to the given situation. 3 It should be noted however, that their evidence is based on only 40 persons. 4 Recent questionnaires are available at http://www.diw.de/english/sop/servic
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n, Magnus (1999): The relationship between happiness, health and socio-economic factors: results based on Swedish micro data, Stockholm School of Economics Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance [...] Berlin Welsch, Heinz (2002): Preferences over Prosperity and Pollution: Environmental Valuation Based on Happiness Surveys, Kyklos Vol 55, No 4, pp 473-494 Welsch, Heinz (2003): Environment and Happiness:
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(Institut "Finanzen und Steuern" e.V 2004: 15) 4 „In all countries, the definition of the corporate tax base is extremely complex… It is not feasible to present a measure that reflects all of this factors.” [...] a country are incorporated, taxation of oil revenues – and the erosion of the corporate income tax base, fore example as a con- sequence of generous depreciation schemes, and other instruments to postpone [...] Output-Steuerung statt mühsamer - und nach allen Erfahrungen auch chen in Grözinger 2004 rate without tax base harmonisation is unlikely to do much good, even if the assumption is accepted that be useful in principle
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.................................................................... 32 1. Preface This paper is based on two surveys of students who started the Master program ‚European Studies‘ at the University of
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Strategietheorie“ zu entwickeln sowie die erstarkte Strategiediskussion auf der Basis des Resource based View of the Firm (Penrose, 1959/Wernerfeldt 1984/Turvani 2001) belegen jedoch intensive Bemühungen [...] benannt: Die auf der Industrieökonomik fußende Perspektive von Porter (1996, 1997) und der „Resource based View of the Firm“. In den Beiträgen der Industrieökonomik ging man davon aus, dass die Marktstruktur [...] Ansatz, bei dem die externe Umwelt Ausgangspunkt der Analyse ist, stellen die Vertreter des „Resource based View of the Firm“ die Qualität der unternehmensinternen Ressourcen in das Zentrum der Betrachtung
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direct, intensive or long-term contact) matters more, for overcoming prejudices, than education-based information about the other group. The second panel concerned the border between Germany and Denmark [...] region, but was decided in Copenhagen and Kiel. Frandsen concludes with a thought- provoking claim (based on the effects of the border changes between Germany and Denmark on the importance of the town of [...] citizens in terms of pride, honor, and shame. Family allegiance has systematically overridden school-based education in Western Germany, whereas in the East the “anti-fascist liberation” rhetoric worked in
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during the meeting as follows: 1. Shall we make the objectives larger, broad based or more specialised? Consensus on the broad based objective to include the older and newer ARTES and SESAM graduates who are [...] and efficient exploitation of domestic resources is combining with sensible importing and exporting based on principle of reducing step by step the primary energy exporting, meeting the energy demand for [...] mountainous and far center areas. o Developing energy sector with comprehensive, efficient methods based on bringing into play domestic power with combination of extending international cooperation. This
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interviews with villagers from the solar PV systems installation site in rural Thailand based on purposive sampling. The base load of household (HH) in rural Thai area is 297.5 Wh/day per HH derived from Provincial [...] served so far is 4162.0 MW (Ist May, 2009). More than 89% electricity comes from gas based and 4.77 % comes from coal based plants in Bangladesh and the rest are from oil and hydro [1]. The electricity development [...] emission by open dumping of waste CO2 emisssion per KWh electrcity gen by biogas based plant CO2 emission biogas based Combined cycle unit conversion Reduction of CO2 emission Cost recovery through CO2