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Using tax deductions to promote lifelong learning : real and shifting responses
Berge, Wiljan van den; Jongen, Egbert L. W.; Wiel, … - 2017
Policymakers are concerned about potential underinvestment in lifelong learning. In this paper we study to what extent a tax deduction helps to stimulate post-initial training. Specifically, we employ a regression kink and regression discontinuity design as jumps in tax bracket rates generate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704275
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Universities in the market for continuing higher education
Wentzel, Bettina; Oelmann, Mark - 2002
The purpose of the paper is to explain why and how American universities have taken the lead in continuing education compared to their European counterparts. In a first step we will discuss different notions of continuing education and develop an analytical framework to handle its various forms....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270675
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Fiscal policy and growth: do financial crises make a difference?
Afonso, António; Grüner, Hans Peter; Kolerus, Christina - 2010
In this paper we assess to what extent in the existence of a financial crisis, government spending can contribute to mitigate economic downturns in the short run and whether such impact differs in crisis and non crisis times. We use panel analysis for a set of OECD and non-OECD countries for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605263
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Brain Drain - Brain Circulation or... What Else Happens or Should Happen to the Brains Some Aspects of Qualified Person Mobility/Migration
Breinbauer, Andreas - 2007
The article provides a general introductory overview of the (spatial) mobility of highly skilled/qualified persons and discusses the different terms of the mobility of the Highly Skilled, especially those of scientists. It outlines theoretical and empirical aspects of these movements and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345409
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Modeling the Effects of Free Trade Agreements between the EU and Canada, USA and Moldova/Georgia/Armenia on the Austrian Economy: Model Simulations for Trade Policy Analysis
Francois, Joseph; Pindyuk, Olga - 2013
This study examines the economic impact on Austria of three possible new EU free trade agreements: (1) an EU …-US agreement; (2) an EU-Canada agreement; and (3) an EUArmenia/Georgia/Moldova agreement. This is done with a computational model … economy. The US accounts for roughly one-quarter of extra-EU Austrian exports. Overall, the combined impact of the FTAs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345639
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Import protection, business cycles, and exchange rates: Evidence from the great recession
Bown, Chad P.; Crowley, Meredith A. - 2011
This paper uses highly detailed, quarterly data for five major industrialized economies to estimate the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on import protection policies over 1988:Q1 - 2010:Q4. First, estimates on a pre-Great Recession sample of data provide evidence of two key relationships....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292150
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The Transatlantic Banking Crisis: Lessons and EU Reforms
Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2009
of 2007/08 was not really a surprise -, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331377
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The Transatlantic Banking Crisis: Lessons and EU Reforms
Welfens, Paul J. J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
of 2007/08 was not really a surprise –, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008632734
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The transatlantic productivity gap: Is R&D the main culprit?
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2011
these transatlantic differences may be related to the different sectoral structures in the US and the EU, we differentiated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278355
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Competitiveness and Convergence: Trade, Merger Control, Industry, and Innovation. Reports
Rieth, Malte; Duso, Tomaso; Gornig, Martin; Werwatz, Axel; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 16/18, pp. 140-147
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