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Can pro-marriage policies work? : an analysis of marginal marriages
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
exploit the suspension of a cash-on-hand marriage subsidy in Austria to examine the differential behavior of marginal and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009568812
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The effectiveness of health screening
Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Hummer, Michael; Pruckner, … - 2012
Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional variations in the intensity of exposure to supply-determined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009545863
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Labour supply effects of a subsidised old-age part-time scheme in Austria
Graf, Nikolaus; Hofer, Helmut; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2009
In this paper we evaluate the impact of the old-age part-time scheme (OAPT) on the Austrian labour market which was a policy to allow flexible retirement options for the elderly with an aim to increase labour supply. According to our matching estimates employment probability increases slightly,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009239692
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Privatization in Austria : some theoretical reasons and performance measures
Belke, Ansgar; Schneider, Friedrich - 2004
privatization is useful as well as profitable for an economy and empirically present the extent of privatization in Austria and … other European Union countries. In order to assess the impact of privatization in Austria on economic performance, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009748284
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Are stock returns a leading indicator for real macroeconomic developments?
Burgstaller, Johann - 2002
Austria, Japan and the USA. Further I deal with the concept of stock market efficiency, the question whether or not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009750238
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Was the Austrian agricultural policy least cost efficient?
Salhofer, Klaus; Schmid, Erwin; Schneider, Friedrich; … - 2001
The study evaluates the efficiency of government intervention using a vertical structured model including imperfectly competitive agricultural input markets, the bread grain market, and the imperfectly competitive food industry. To test for policy efficiency the actually observed bread grain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009750243
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A general treatment
Kohler, Wilhelm; Keuschnigg, Christian - 2000
subsequent companion paper will take a closer look at the specific case of Austria. The general view of part I, in turn, first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009750863
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The Austrian case
Kohler, Wilhelm; Keuschnigg, Christian - 2000
In part I of this paper, we have presented a general treatment of the welfare effect of an eastern EU enlargement on incumbent countries. Part II now takes a closer look at the Austrian case. We first present a few descriptive statistics on the role that east-west trade, as well as the pertinent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009750864
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Designing Instrument Packages for the Low-Carbon Transition : An Evaluation Framework with an Application to Austria
van der Werf, Edwin; Vollebergh, Herman R.J; Vogel, Johanna - 2021
commercial (buildings) sector in an ambitious country, Austria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217087
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Price Effects of the Austrian Fuel Price Fixing Act : A Synthetic Control Study
Becker, Maike; Pfeifer, Gregor; Schweikert, Karsten - 2021
whether they indeed help lower the overall fuel price level is unclear. In this paper, we study the effect of Austria’s Fuel … estimate Austria’s price trends in absence of the intervention. Our empirical results suggest, that immediately after the Fuel … prices appears to be less pronounced and amounts to 6.6% lower prices. Austria’s fuel price regulation seems to have been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013250741