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Good bye Lenin (or not?): The Effect of Communism on People's Preferences [PDF]
Preferences for redistribution, as well as the generosities of welfare states, differ significantly across countries. In this paper, we test whether there exists a feedback process of the economic regime on individual preferences.
Alberto Alesina +1 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Liquid biopsy enables minimally invasive, real‐time molecular profiling through analysis of circulating biomarkers in biological fluids. This Perspective highlights the importance of training pathologists through integrative educational programs, such as the European Masters in Molecular Pathology, to ensure effective and equitable implementation of ...
Marius Ilié +13 more
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A Different Look at Lenin's Legacy: Trust, Risk, Fairness and Cooperativeness in the Two Germanies [PDF]
What are the long-term effects of Communism on economically relevant notions such as social trust? To answer this question, we use the reunification of Germany as a natural experiment and study the post-reunification trajectory of convergence with regard
Bernd Süssmuth, Guido Heineck
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Oriental Studies, 2018 The article deals with the letters of deportee ethnicities’ representatives to senior public authorities, which are considered as sources for the nationalities policy of the USSR during the War of 1941-1945.
N. Bugay
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The Impact of the Transylvanian Saxons on Current Place Names in the Romanian Carpathians
Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on DevelopmentThe Transylvanian Saxons are among the German ethnic communities that have a long tradition in the current territory of Romania. Their number and ratio in the ethnic structure of the country decreased considerably after the Second World War as a result ...
Sageata Radu Danut +2 more
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Attraction to Chance in Germany and Australia. An experimental study of cultural differences [PDF]
This paper explores cultural differences in risky choices between Australian and German students. The focus is not on risk itself, but on tension which is a positive attribute of risky choices. Furthermore, the effects of real versus hypothetical payoffs
Bodo Vogt, Eike B. Kroll
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Internal migration of ethnic minorities: Evidence from Western Germany [PDF]
, 2012 This paper deals with long distance internal migration patterns of the immigrant population in Germany and addresses the question whether immigrants are more mobile than native Germans and to what extent the differences in spatial mobility behavior ...
Şaka, Belit
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Combining PTEN protein assessment and transcriptomic profiling of prostate tumors, we uncovered a network enriched in senescence and extracellular matrix (ECM) programs associated with PTEN loss and conserved in a mouse model. We show that PTEN‐deficient cells trigger paracrine remodeling of the surrounding stroma and this information could help ...
Ivana Rondon‐Lorefice +16 more
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The comparison of incomes of self-employed and salaried workers among German Nationals and immigrants [PDF]
This paper attempts to compare the economic success of immigrants and natives in Germany. Employing data from German Socioeconomic Panel, the paper investigates the factors affecting self-employment as well as compares the income of self-employed and ...
Amelie Constant, Yochanan Shachmurove
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Next‐generation proteomics improves lung cancer risk prediction
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.This is one of very few studies that used prediagnostic blood samples from participants of two large population‐based cohorts. We identified, evaluated, and validated an innovative protein marker model that outperformed an established risk prediction model and criteria employed by low‐dose computed tomography in lung cancer screening trials.
Megha Bhardwaj +4 more
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