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Are Remittances Good for Labor Markets in LICs, MICs and Fragile States?

By: Mr.Ralph Chami,Ekkehard Ernst,Connel Fullenkamp,Anne Oeking

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Are Remittances Good for Labor Markets in LICs, MICs and Fragile States?

By: Mr.Ralph Chami,Ekkehard Ernst,Connel Fullenkamp,Anne Oeking

We present cross-country evidence on the impact of remittances on labor market outcomes. Remittances appear to have a strong impact on both labor supply and labor demand in recipient countries. These effects are highly significant and greater in size than those of foreign direct investment or offcial development aid. On the supply side, remittances reduce labor force participation and increase informality of the labor market. In addition, male and female labor supply show significantly different sensitivities to remittances. On the demand side, remittances reduce overall unemployment but benefit mostly lower-wage, lowerproductivity nontradables industries at the expense of high-productivity, high-wage tradables sectors. As a consequence, even though inequality declines as a result of larger remittances, average wage and productivity growth declines, the latter more strongly than the former leading to an increase in the labor income share. In fragile states, in contrast, remittances impose a positive externality, possibly because the tradables sector tends to be underdeveloped. Our findings indicate that reforms to foster inclusive growth need to take into account the role of remittances in order to be successful.

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International Monetary Fund

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1484356098

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Inclusivity in the Labor Market

By: Asmaa El-Ganainy,Ekkehard Ernst,Rossana Merola,Richard Rogerson,Mr. Martin Schindler

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Inclusivity in the Labor Market

By: Asmaa El-Ganainy,Ekkehard Ernst,Rossana Merola,Richard Rogerson,Mr. Martin Schindler

Labor earnings are the dominant income source for most individuals. Thus, an inclusive labor market is key for ensuring inclusive growth. In this paper we propose four principles that an inclusive labor market will embody: access, fairness, protection and voice. While measuring inclusivity presents challenges, we discuss how data can be used to shed light on the extent of inclusivity and document cross-country trends and stylized facts. We also discuss the role of policy in achieving an inclusive labor market, focusing on the need to rebalance growth; improve risk sharing; and fight discrimination. Several messages emerge. First, some policies entail a trade-off between the different dimensions of inclusivity. Second, it is important to view policies as a bundle, taking into account substitution and complementarities. Third, some policies are win-win, in the sense that they both increase inclusivity and improve overall efficiency.

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International Monetary Fund

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1513573519

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Gerhard Domagk

The First Man to Triumph Over Infectious Diseases

By: Ekkehard Grundmann

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Gerhard Domagk

The First Man to Triumph Over Infectious Diseases

By: Ekkehard Grundmann

In 1934, Gerhard Domagk discovered the healing effect of sulfonamides, the precedent of antibiotics. For this discovery, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1939. In 1943, Domagk detected the first remedy against tuberculosis, a worid-wide epidemic at that time. ** "It is easier to destroy thousands of lives than to save one." (Words by Gerhard Domagk which he wrote down shortly after the outbreak of World War II when he was kept prisoner because of the Nobel Prize.)

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LIT Verlag Münster

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3825861643

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Ultra-High Performance Concrete UHPC

Fundamentals, Design, Examples

By: Ekkehard Fehling,Michael Schmidt,Joost Walraven,Torsten Leutbecher,Susanne Fröhlich

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Ultra-High Performance Concrete UHPC

Fundamentals, Design, Examples

By: Ekkehard Fehling,Michael Schmidt,Joost Walraven,Torsten Leutbecher,Susanne Fröhlich

Selected chapters from the German concrete yearbook are now being published in the new English "Beton-Kalender Series" for the benefit of an international audience. Since it was founded in 1906, the Ernst & Sohn "Beton-Kalender" has been supporting developments in reinforced and prestressed concrete. The aim was to publish a yearbook to reflect progress in "ferro-concrete" structures until - as the book's first editor, Fritz von Emperger (1862-1942), expressed it - the "tempestuous development" in this form of construction came to an end. However, the "Beton-Kalender" quickly became the chosen work of reference for civil and structural engineers, and apart from the years 1945-1950 has been published annually ever since. Ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) is a milestone in concrete technology and application. It permits the construction of both more slender and more durable concrete structures with a prolonged service life and thus improved sustainability. This book is a comprehensive overview of UHPC - from the principles behind its production and its mechanical properties to design and detailing aspects. The focus is on the material behaviour of steel fibre-reinforced UHPC. Numerical modelling and detailing of the connections with reinforced concrete elements are featured as well. Numerous examples worldwide - bridges, columns, facades and roofs - are the basis for additional explanations about the benefits of UHPC and how it helps to realise several architectural requirements. The authors are extensively involved in the testing, design, construction and monitoring of UHPC structures. What they provide here is therefore a unique synopsis of the state of the art with a view to practical applications.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3433030871

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The Craft of Theatre: Seminars and Discussions in Brechtian Theatre

By: Ekkehard Schall

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The Craft of Theatre: Seminars and Discussions in Brechtian Theatre

By: Ekkehard Schall

The Craft of Theatre is a first-hand account by one of the greatest actors and directors of the Berliner Ensemble, whose work with the company spanned over forty years. It offers an unparalleled insight to working on Brecht's texts and in some of the great Brechtian roles and will appeal to actors, directors and students of theatre. Ekkehard Schall's life was devoted to the theatre. In this autobiographical memoir, he offers a lifetime of experience, expertise and memories of working with some of the great German writers, actors and directors of the twentieth century. A member of the Berliner Ensemble established by Bertolt Brecht and his wife Helene Weigel in 1949, Ekkehard Schall worked on numerous productions of Brecht's plays and others with the Ensemble between 1952 and 1995. In the 1970s and 80s he combined the roles of leading actor and deputy director of the Ensemble. In all he played over sixty roles and achieved greatest success in the role as Arturo Ui, a role he played over 500 times. The Craft of Theatre: Seminars and Discussions in Brechtian Theatre offers the reader a lively account of Schall's work, of his insights and his appreciation of the Brechtian roles he assumed, and of the work of Germany's most important theatre. The Craft of Theatre is an important addition to Brechtian studies and to the biography of Germany's most totemic theatre. 'When you see Schall at work during his two-hour performance, it's as if you were watching Brecht himself on stage. Schall's technical skills embody all of Brechtian dramatic theory and practice, just as Brecht's thoughts and opinions infuse his performances.' NewYork City Tribune

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474243290

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Making up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics

By: Ekkehard Kopp

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Making up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics

By: Ekkehard Kopp

Making up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics offers a detailed but accessible account of a wide range of mathematical ideas. Starting with elementary concepts, it leads the reader towards aspects of current mathematical research. The book explains how conceptual hurdles in the development of numbers and number systems were overcome in the course of history, from Babylon to Classical Greece, from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and so to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The narrative moves from the Pythagorean insistence on positive multiples to the gradual acceptance of negative numbers, irrationals and complex numbers as essential tools in quantitative analysis. Within this chronological framework, chapters are organised thematically, covering a variety of topics and contexts: writing and solving equations, geometric construction, coordinates and complex numbers, perceptions of ‘infinity’ and its permissible uses in mathematics, number systems, and evolving views of the role of axioms. Through this approach, the author demonstrates that changes in our understanding of numbers have often relied on the breaking of long-held conventions to make way for new inventions at once providing greater clarity and widening mathematical horizons. Viewed from this historical perspective, mathematical abstraction emerges as neither mysterious nor immutable, but as a contingent, developing human activity. Making up Numbers will be of great interest to undergraduate and A-level students of mathematics, as well as secondary school teachers of the subject. In virtue of its detailed treatment of mathematical ideas, it will be of value to anyone seeking to learn more about the development of the subject.

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Open Book Publishers

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1800640978

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Hope Against Hope

Johann Baptist Metz and Elie Wiesel Speak Out on the Holocaust

By: Ekkehard Schuster,Elie Wiesel,Reinhold Boschert-Kimmig

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Hope Against Hope

Johann Baptist Metz and Elie Wiesel Speak Out on the Holocaust

By: Ekkehard Schuster,Elie Wiesel,Reinhold Boschert-Kimmig

There are probably no two men of such stature who can speak to the Holocaust as Christian theologian Johann Baptist Metz, author of A Passion for God and Jewish writer, Nobel laureate and human rights activist, Elie Wiesel, author of Night. One was drafted into the German army at the age of fifteen; the other was interned at Auschwitz. Both came from upbringings of deep faith, only to have their lives broken by the horrors they witnessed during the war. Both share the sense that the Holocaust is a rift in history itself, after which nothing could ever be seen in the same way as before. Yet for both, there is hope ... "nonetheless.

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Paulist Press

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0809138468

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9780809138463

Error-controlled Adaptive Finite Elements in Solid Mechanics

By: Ekkehard Ramm,E. Rank,R. Rannacher,K. Schweizerhof,E. Stein,W. Wendland,G. Wittum,Peter Wriggers,Walter Wunderlich

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Error-controlled Adaptive Finite Elements in Solid Mechanics

By: Ekkehard Ramm,E. Rank,R. Rannacher,K. Schweizerhof,E. Stein,W. Wendland,G. Wittum,Peter Wriggers,Walter Wunderlich

Finite Element Methods are used for numerous engineering applications where numerical solutions of partial differential equations are needed. As computers can now deal with the millions of parameters used in these methods, automatic error estimation and automatic adaptation of the utilised method (according to this error estimation), has become a hot research topic. This text offers comprehensive coverage of this new field of automatic adaptation and error estimation, bringing together the work of eight outstanding researchers in this field who have completed a six year national research project within the German Science Foundation. The result is a state-of-the-art work in true reference style. Each chapter is self-contained and covers theoretical, algorithmic and software presentations as well as solved problems. A main feature consists of several carefully elaborated benchmarks of 2D- and 3D- applications. * First book to go beyond the Finite Element Method in itself * Covers material from a new research area * Presents benchmarks of 2D- and 3D- applications * Fits with the new trend for genetic strategies in engineering

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470857978

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9780470857977

The Germanic Languages

By: Ekkehard Konig,Johan van der Auwera

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The Germanic Languages

By: Ekkehard Konig,Johan van der Auwera

Provides a unique, up-to-date survey of twelve Germanic languages from English and German to Faroese and Yiddish.

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Routledge

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1317799577

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9781317799573

Lexical Reconstruction in Central Chadic

A Comparative Study of Vowels, Consonants and Prosodies

By: H. Ekkehard Wolff

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Lexical Reconstruction in Central Chadic

A Comparative Study of Vowels, Consonants and Prosodies

By: H. Ekkehard Wolff

Due to a long history of contact, the Chadic languages are the internally most diverse of the Afroasiatic language families, especially in terms of their sound systems. In this ground-breaking study, the author draws on his extensive research experience to unpack the morpho-phonological principles that underpin the languages' diverse prosody effects, arguing that massive variation results from diachronic processes called 'prosodification' of segmental units. The study compares data from 66 of the 79 known languages from the Central branch of the Chadic language family, most of them unwritten and under-researched. It traces language changes for 228 lexical items that can be reconstructed from the proto-language's basic vocabulary, unearthing typological features that link Central Chadic to its deep Afroasiatic heritage. It is accompanied by a set of online appendixes, providing the full analytical apparatus of all lexical reconstructions, with explicit identification of each of the diachronic sound changes and processes involved.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009346385

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9781009346382

The Evolution of the Long-necked Giraffe (Giraffa Camelopardalis L.)

What Do We Really Know? ; Testing the Theories of Gradualism, Macromutation, and Intelligent Design ; a Scientific Treatise

By: Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

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The Evolution of the Long-necked Giraffe (Giraffa Camelopardalis L.)

What Do We Really Know? ; Testing the Theories of Gradualism, Macromutation, and Intelligent Design ; a Scientific Treatise

By: Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Darwin (1871) and many African folk legends before him [...] proposed a simple but powerful explanation for the large and elongated shape. Long necks allowed giraffe to outreach presumed competitors, particularly during dry-season bottlenecks when leaves become scarce; (Simmons and Scheepers). However, this old African folk legend which is still commonly taught in high schools, fails to explain, among other things, the size differences between males and females. Giraffe cows are up to 1.5 meters shorter than the giraffe bulls, not to mention the offspring. The wide migration range of the giraffe and the low heights of the most common plants in their diet likewise argue against the dominant selection hypothesis. Also: 1) The fossil "links," which according to the theory should appear successively and replace each other, usually exist simultaneously for long periods of time. 2) Evolutionary derivations based on similarities rely on circular reasoning. 3) The giraffe has eigh t cervical vertebrae. Although the 8th vertebra displays almost all the characteristics of a neck vertebra, as an exception to the rule the first rib pair is attached there. 4) The origin of the long-necked giraffe by a macromutation is, due to the many synorganized structures, extremely improbable. 5) Sexual selection also lacks a mutational basis and, what is more, is frequently in conflict with natural selection ("head clubbing" is probably "a consequence of a long neck and not a cause"; see also Mitchell et al. 2009). 6) In contrast to the thus-far proposed naturalistic hypotheses, the intelligent design theory is basically testable. 7) The long-necked giraffes possibly all belong to the same basic type inasmuch as 8) a gradual evolution from the short-necked to the long-necked giraffe is ruled out by the duplication of a neck vertebra and the loss of a thoracic vertebra. 9) Chance mutations are principally not sufficient to explain the origin of the long-necked giraffe. 10) The intelligent design theory offers an adequate and satisfying solution to the problems and points to numerous "old" and new research projects. 11) Mitchell and Skinner present a good analysis of the selectionist problem; however, their phylogenetic hypotheses presuppose the correctness of the synthetic evolutionary theory, and their claims of "intermediate forms" are unproven (similarly summary Part 2). Part 1 shows why Dawkins and Kutschera are wrong. The scientific facts speak for design.

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MV-Verlag

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3869914718

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Cosmology

By: Dierck-Ekkehard Liebscher

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Cosmology

By: Dierck-Ekkehard Liebscher

Cosmology deals with the current state of thinking about the basic questions at the center of the field of cosmology. More emphasis than usual is put on the connections to related domains of science, such as geometry, relativity, thermodynamics, particle physics, and - in particular - on the intrinsic connections between the different topics. The chapters are illustrated with many figures that are as exact as currently possible, e.g. in the case of geometry and relativity. Readers acquire a graduate-level knowledge of cosmology as it is required to understand the cosmological impact of their particular research topics, as well as an introduction into the current research in the field.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540232613

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9783540232612

Environmental Modeling

Using MATLAB

By: Ekkehard Holzbecher

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Environmental Modeling

Using MATLAB

By: Ekkehard Holzbecher

The book has two aims: to introduce basic concepts of environmental modelling and to facilitate the application of the concepts using modern numerical tools such as MATLAB. It is targeted at all natural scientists dealing with the environment: process and chemical engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists, biochemists, hydrogeologists, geochemists and ecologists. MATLAB was chosen as the major computer tool for modeling, firstly because it is unique in it's capabilities, and secondly because it is available in most academic institutions, in all universities and in the research departments of many companies. In the 2nd edition many chapters will include updated and extended material. In addition the MATLAB command index will be updated and a new chapter on numerical methods will be added. For the second edition of 'Environmental Modeling' the first edition was completely revised. Text and figures were adapted to the recent MATLAB® version. Several chapters were extended. Correspondingly the index of MATLAB commands was extended considerably, which makes the book even more suitable to be used as a reference work by novices. Finally an introduction into numerical methods was added as a new chapter. “/p>

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3642220428

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9783642220425

Jesus Movement

A Social History Of Its First Century

By: Ekkehard Stegemann,Wolfgang Stegemann

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Jesus Movement

A Social History Of Its First Century

By: Ekkehard Stegemann,Wolfgang Stegemann

This work by two New Testament scholars is the first comprehensive social history of the earliest churches. Integrating the historical and social data, they locate the ancient Galileans, Judeans, and the Jesus movement in their respective matrices. The Stegemanns deal with such issues as conflict between the messianic communities and the rest of Judaism, religious pluralism, social stratification, group composition, gender division, ancient economics, and urban/rurual distinctions.

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A&C Black

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0567086887

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9780567086884

Directed Selectivity in Organic Synthesis

A Practical Guide

By: Tanja Gaich,Ekkehard Winterfeldt

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Directed Selectivity in Organic Synthesis

A Practical Guide

By: Tanja Gaich,Ekkehard Winterfeldt

Bringing together examples that until now were often hidden and widely spread throughout the original literature, this textbook shows how to use the correct reagents, conditions or reaction sequences to have access to all possible stereoisomers when beginning synthesis with only a single starting material. Adopting a didactic approach, the authors have chosen general and simple examples throughout the book so that these reactions can be transferred easily to other reaction types. While of major interest to master and PhD students alike, this book is also a source of valuable information for organic chemists in both academia and industry. Additional material for lectures at www.wiley-vch.de/textbooks

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527667296

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9783527667291

Gott in der Geschichte

ausgewählte Aufsätze zur Kirchengeschichte

By: Ekkehard Mühlenberg,Ute Mennecke

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Gott in der Geschichte

ausgewählte Aufsätze zur Kirchengeschichte

By: Ekkehard Mühlenberg,Ute Mennecke

Dieser Sammelband enthält 25 Aufsätze des Kirchengeschichtlers Ekkehard Mühlenberg. Im Zentrum steht die Zeit der Spätantike. Inhaltlicher Schwerpunkt sind die Diskussionen zwischen Philosophie und Theologie im Ringen um ein umfassendes Wirklichkeitsverständnis. Einen gewichtigen Forschungsbeitrag stellen auch die Überlegungen zur kirchengeschichtlichen Methode dar. Präsentiert werden die Aufsätze unter Kategorien wie "Was ist Kirchengeschichte?", "Philosophischer und theologischer Gottesbegriff", "Die Sprache religiöser Erfahrung und Christliche Lebensführung".

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