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Banking system concentration and unemployment in developing countries
Horst Feldmann
Jan 01, 2015
This paper studies the effect of banking system concentration on unemployment in developing countries. Using data on 42 developing countries, it finds that more concentration increased unemployment over the period 1987-2007....
Who Favors Education? Insights from the World Values Survey
Horst Feldmann
Nov 26, 2020
Using World Values Survey data from 55 countries, this paper provides detailed insights into the characteristics of people who place a high value on education – and into the characteristics of those who don’t. It finds that...
Economic Freedom and the Quality of Education
Horst Feldmann
Aug 27, 2024
This paper finds robust evidence that economic freedom improves the quality of education. This is probably mainly because economic freedom incentivizes parents to invest in high-quality education for their children and helps...
Protestantism, Labor Force Participation, and Employment across Countries
Horst Feldmann
Oct 17, 2007
Using data from 80 countries, this article analyzes whether Protestant religion affects labor market outcomes. Controlling for the impact of labor market regulations, business regulations, the tax burden, the business cycle, the...
Cycles (E320) includes inheritance and gift taxes (H240) Religion (Z120) Cultural Economics Time Allocation and Labor Supply (J220) Business Fluctuations Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth name=SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
Which Religions Still Affect Schooling? A Study of 143 Countries
Horst Feldmann
Aug 03, 2016
This paper studies which world religions have exerted a contemporary influence on the extent of secondary schooling at the national level in the recent past. Using data on 143 countries and the period 1973 to 2012, it finds that...
Economic Freedom and People’s Regard for Education
Horst Feldmann
Feb 28, 2021
Using data on 48 countries, this paper finds that people in economically freer countries care more about education. This is probably mainly because economic freedom enables them and their children to achieve higher returns to...
Economic freedom and human capital investment
Horst Feldmann
Jun 01, 2017
Using data from 1972 to 2011 on 109 countries, this paper empirically studies the impact of economic freedom on human capital investment. Enrollment in secondary education is used as a proxy for such investments. Controlling for...
Economic Freedom and People’s Regard for Education
Horst Feldmann
Feb 28, 2021
Using data on 48 countries, this paper finds that people in economically freer countries care more about education. This is probably mainly because economic freedom enables them and their children to achieve higher returns to...
Economic Freedom and the Quality of Education
Horst Feldmann
Aug 27, 2024
This paper finds robust evidence that economic freedom improves the quality of education. This is probably mainly because economic freedom incentivizes parents to invest in high-quality education for their children and helps...
Venture Capital Availability and Labor Market Performance around the World
Horst Feldmann
Jan 01, 0001
This paper studies the effects of venture capital on the performance of the labor market. Using data from a much larger sample of countries than previous papers, it finds more readily available venture capital to favorably...
The long shadows of Spanish and French colonial education
Horst Feldmann
Feb 01, 2016
Both Spanish and French colonial education included several features that restricted education. Many of them persisted long after independence. Against this background, this paper econometrically studies whether in the recent...
Venture Capital Availability and Labor Market Performance around the World
Horst Feldmann
Jan 01, 0001
This paper studies the effects of venture capital on the performance of the labor market. Using data from a much larger sample of countries than previous papers, it finds more readily available venture capital to favorably...
Still Influential
Horst Feldmann
Sep 05, 2018
From its beginning 500 years ago, Protestantism has been advocating and actively pursuing the expansion of schooling, including the schooling of girls. In many countries, it has thus helped to create a cultural heritage that...
Protestantism, Labor Force Participation, and Employment across Countries
Horst Feldmann
Oct 17, 2007
Using data from 80 countries, this article analyzes whether Protestant religion affects labor market outcomes. Controlling for the impact of labor market regulations, business regulations, the tax burden, the business cycle, the...
Cycles (E320) includes inheritance and gift taxes (H240) Religion (Z120) Cultural Economics Time Allocation and Labor Supply (J220) Business Fluctuations Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth name=SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
Who Favors Education? Insights from the World Values Survey
Horst Feldmann
Nov 26, 2020
Using World Values Survey data from 55 countries, this paper provides detailed insights into the characteristics of people who place a high value on education – and into the characteristics of those who don’t. It finds that...
Still Influential
Horst Feldmann
Sep 05, 2018
From its beginning 500 years ago, Protestantism has been advocating and actively pursuing the expansion of schooling, including the schooling of girls. In many countries, it has thus helped to create a cultural heritage that...
Banking system concentration and unemployment in developing countries
Horst Feldmann
Jan 01, 2015
This paper studies the effect of banking system concentration on unemployment in developing countries. Using data on 42 developing countries, it finds that more concentration increased unemployment over the period 1987-2007....
The long shadows of Spanish and French colonial education
Horst Feldmann
Feb 01, 2016
Both Spanish and French colonial education included several features that restricted education. Many of them persisted long after independence. Against this background, this paper econometrically studies whether in the recent...
Economic freedom and human capital investment
Horst Feldmann
Jun 01, 2017
Using data from 1972 to 2011 on 109 countries, this paper empirically studies the impact of economic freedom on human capital investment. Enrollment in secondary education is used as a proxy for such investments. Controlling for...
Which Religions Still Affect Schooling? A Study of 143 Countries
Horst Feldmann
Aug 03, 2016
This paper studies which world religions have exerted a contemporary influence on the extent of secondary schooling at the national level in the recent past. Using data on 143 countries and the period 1973 to 2012, it finds that...
Regional inactivations of primate ventral prefrontal cortex reveal two distinct mechanisms underlying negative bias in decision making.
A new approach to modelling γ-ray burst afterglows
The afterglow emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is a valuable source of information to understand the physics of these energetic explosions. The blast wave model has become the standard to describe the evolution of the...
3D-Printed Conductive Filaments Based on Carbon Nanostructures Embedded in a Polymer Matrix
Conductive and magnetic filaments are revolutionizing three-dimensional printing (3DP) to a new level. This review study presents the current state of the art on the subject, summarizing recent high impact studies about main...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Capturing value from big data – a taxonomy of data-driven business models used by start-up firms
$\textbf{Purpose:}$ The purpose of this paper is to derive a taxonomy of business models used by start-up firms that rely on data as a key resource for business, namely data-driven business models (DDBMs). By providing a...
Carrier lifetime in exfoliated few-layer graphene determined from intersubband optical transitions
We report a femtosecond transient spectroscopy study in the near to middle infrared range, 0.8-0.35 eV photon energy, on graphene and few layer graphene single flakes. The spectra show an evolving structure of photoinduced...
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