Over the last four decades, several methods for selecting the smoothing parameter, generally called the bandwidth, have been introduced in kernel regression. They differ quite a bit, and although there already exist ...

This thesis is motivated by the wish to balance the public debate on regulation. It aims to teach public and policy-makers about the seen und unseen effects as well as regulatory options of a particular form of regulation ...

Inequality and fairness have always been at the heart of any political concept aiming at the well-being of the people. The idea of equality is as old as the democracy itself, and besides instrumental reasons for valuing ...

Decoupling of direct payments to farmers has probably been one of the most discussed issues in the agricultural environment within the last years. Regarding the European Union s (EU) new ...

One of the central subjects of political and social research is the impact of socialization during childhood and adolescence on political identity of the adult. Main issue of the current ...

More and more companies use whistle-blowing systems as part of their corporate compliance to increase transparency, and for the purpose of preventing business crime. This thesis states how whistle-blowing systems are ...

The dissertation presents a fundamental contribution of sports sciences to a current and socially significant discourse. Television broadcastings of socially relevant events have long been ...

Research over the past decades has documented growing migration flows worldwide; and specifically increased immigration into developed countries of the global north. Against this background, this thesis investigates the ...

This cumulative dissertation analyses the performance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in developing countries and their role in the creation of productive employment and decent work. It consists of four independent ...

This study was concerned with the emotional intelligence, its promotion in kindergarten, and the relationship between this promotion and the qualification of teachers in kindergarten. The study was divided into two sections, ...

On the basis of the discussion of injury mechanisms at the movement apparatus, further contents relevant to the topic such as biomechanical basics, medical rehabilitation and the legal basis ...

Working with clay is one of the oldest means with which children may discover, learn or experience their physical, mental and sensual abilities. These personal experi-ences of forming clay ...

In Germany students change to a tracked system of Secondary school after Primary school. For students attending the Gymnasium the higher class-average achievement leads to lower academic ...

In this doctor thesis the political recruitment in Japan is investigated. The thesis has its focus on so called politicians by inheritage (seshûdaigishi). A term that can be used for every ...

Background:There are raising reports in China about psychological and psychosomatic disorders among youth with China's economic development, for example eating disorders. Studies in ...

The dissertation of Karolina Lang-Vöge is entitled “‘They are Germans, from our point of view, Soviet satellites... ’ : Christian democratic values in the Adenauer-CDU reflected by the division of Germany and in regard ...

The dissertation presents a collection of essays that deal with behavioral aspects on labor markets and focus especially on social interactions. Each Chapter from 2 to 5 represents one separate project/essay. In this general ...

The chapters in this dissertation provide insights into different aspects of the SDG research agenda. The chapters also both incorporate publicly available secondary data sources as well as newly collected survey data. ...

This dissertation includes three empirical essays on development economics and one on the economics of education. The first essay (co-authored by Stephan Klasen) is a contribution to the debate surrounding the Millennium ...

The thesis delves into questions of measurement of poverty and inequality and evaluates a hypothesis behind a policy that impacts democratic rights of millions of individuals in India. The first two papers are based on ...

This dissertation includes four essays on the measurement and determinants of poverty, gender gap, food insecurity and malnutrition in Pakistan. All papers use current methods and approaches of the relevant literature and ...

During the last decade, digital technologies became an integral part of our everyday life. This development highlights the phenomenon of digitalization; the sociotechnical impact of digital technologies to transforms entire ...

Two compelling reasons motivate the work in this dissertation. While enormous literature on developed countries has emerged identifying the determinants of entrepreneurship and its impact, very little is known about ...

This dissertation focuses on the relationship between gender equality and economic development, broadly defined. Since the seminal work of Ester Boserup (1970), gender equality is widely understood as being both an instrument ...

Throughout this dissertation agglomeration and specialization tendencies of both industrial and services sectors in the European Union, the driving forces behind and dynamic developments ...

Empirical evidence suggests both that market power increased considerably since 1980 (e.g. De Loecker et al., 2020) and that firms differ in destination-specific trade barriers (e.g. Munch and Nguyen, 2014). Motivated by ...

The motivation for this dissertation is a dual one: On the hand it is methodological, as it introduces new statistical and machine learning approaches, on the other hand it is practical, as these approaches are applied to ...

This cumulative dissertation contributes to a growing literature that analyses how real-world contexts affect behavior. It consists of five independent research papers, shedding light on different aspects of individual and ...

This thesis analyzes how trade and technological change affect economic development. Chapter 1 investigates how domestic and foreign automation impact an emerging economy. Regions in Brazil which are more exposed to foreign ...