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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.creator | Tauchmann, Harald | - |
| dc.date | 2008 | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-16T06:57:42Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-16T06:57:42Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-10-16 | - |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/17980 | - |
| dc.identifier | ppn:560134800 | - |
| dc.identifier | RePEc:zbw:ifwedp:7129 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/17980 | - |
| dc.description | In contrast to West-Germany, illicit drugs were virtually absent in the East-Germany until 1990. Yet, after the collapse of the former GDR, East-Germany was expected to encounter a sharp increase in the prevalence of substance abuse. By analyzing individual data, we find that East-Germany largely caught up with West-Germany?s ever-growing prevalence of illicit drugs within a single decade. We decompose the west-east difference in prevalence rates into an explained and an unexplained part using a modified Blinder-Oaxaca procedure. This decomposition suggests that the observed convergence is just weakly related to socioeconomic characteristics and therefore remains mainly unexplained. That is, West- and East-Germans seem to have become more alike per se. We conclude that both parts of the country have converged in terms of the culture of drug consumption. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel | - |
| dc.relation | Economics Discussion Papers / Institut für Weltwirtschaft 2008-8 | - |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/deed.en | - |
| dc.subject | I12 | - |
| dc.subject | P23 | - |
| dc.subject | P36 | - |
| dc.subject | ddc:330 | - |
| dc.subject | illicit drugs | - |
| dc.subject | west-east convergence | - |
| dc.subject | decomposition | - |
| dc.subject | Drogenkonsum | - |
| dc.subject | Entwicklungskonvergenz | - |
| dc.subject | Dekompositionsverfahren | - |
| dc.subject | Schätzung | - |
| dc.subject | Neue Bundesländer | - |
| dc.subject | Alte Bundesländer | - |
| dc.subject | Deutschland | - |
| dc.title | West-East Convergence in the Prevalence of Illicit Drugs: Socioeconomics or Culture? | - |
| dc.type | doc-type:workingPaper | - |
| dc.coverage | 1980-2003 | - |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor | |
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