| dc.creator |
Tauchmann, Harald |
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| dc.date |
2008 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-16T06:57:42Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-10-16T06:57:42Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2013-10-16 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/17980 |
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| dc.identifier |
ppn:560134800 |
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| 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. |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.publisher |
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel |
|
| dc.relation |
Economics Discussion Papers / Institut für Weltwirtschaft 2008-8 |
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| dc.rights |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/de/deed.en |
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| dc.subject |
I12 |
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| dc.subject |
P23 |
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| dc.subject |
P36 |
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| dc.subject |
ddc:330 |
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| dc.subject |
illicit drugs |
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| dc.subject |
west-east convergence |
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| dc.subject |
decomposition |
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| dc.subject |
Drogenkonsum |
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| dc.subject |
Entwicklungskonvergenz |
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| dc.subject |
Dekompositionsverfahren |
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| dc.subject |
Schätzung |
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| dc.subject |
Neue Bundesländer |
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| dc.subject |
Alte Bundesländer |
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| dc.subject |
Deutschland |
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| dc.title |
West-East Convergence in the Prevalence of Illicit Drugs: Socioeconomics or Culture? |
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| dc.type |
doc-type:workingPaper |
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| dc.coverage |
1980-2003 |
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