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Evaluating the effect of tax deductions on training

Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - EconWPA - 2002

Due to a tax law implemented in 1998, Dutch employers can claim an extra tax deduction when they train employees aged 40 years or older. This causes a discontinuity in a firm's cost of training an employee. We exploit this discontinuity to identify two effects: the effect of the tax deduction on...

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The e ect of financial rewards on students achievement: Evidence from a randomized experiment

Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Klaauw, Bas van der - EconWPA - 2004

This paper reports about a randomized field experiment in which first year economics and business students at the University of Amsterdam could earn financial rewards for passing the first year requirements within one year. Participants were assigned to a high, low and zero (control) reward...

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New evidence on the effect of time in school on early achievement

Leuven, Edwin; Lindahl, Mikael; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - EconWPA - 2004

This study estimates the effect of expanding enrollment possibilities in early eduction on the achievement of young children. To do so it exploits two features of the Dutch schooling system. First, children are allowed to enroll in school on their fourth birthday. Second, children having their...

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L'Innovation au cœur de la nouvelle croissance

Lorenzi, Jean-Hervé; Villemeur, Alain - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009

Les économistes démontrent que la sortie de crise en France et dans le monde ne peut passer que par une politique d'innovation …

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Structure de consommation, innovation et régimes de croissance

Flacher, David; Gastaldo, Sylviane; Lorenzi, Jean-Hervé; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010

This article addresses theoretically the dynamics of innovation and growth paths in an economy producing “standard … relation with consumers’ decisions. In particular, we model how producers adapt their dynamics of innovation, i.e. their … different dynamics of innovation. Reaching the “industrial maturity regime” depends on the consumer taste for diversity in …

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Innovation, investment and regulation : What are the options for regulation in the near future ?

Jennequin, Hugues; Flacher, David; Lorenzi, Jean-Hervé - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006

answer this question, the paper focuses on the problem of investment and innovation in an ex ante regulated sector. Relying …

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