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Benefit-Entitlement Effects and the Duration of Unemployment: An Ex-ante Evaluation of Recent Labour Market Reforms in Germany
Schmitz, Hendrik; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
compensation system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068846
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Imposed Benefit Sanctions and the Unemployment-to-Employment Transition: The German Experience
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
positive short- and long-term effects of benefit sanctions which are robust for men and women in East and West Germany. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068899
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Konzentration statt Verzettelung: die deutsche Arbeitsmarktpolitik am Scheideweg
Schneider, Hilmar; Eichhorst, Werner; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
, training measures and financial incentives for business start-ups. It is essential to increase incentives, intensify …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068762
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"Marginal Employment": Stepping Stone or Dead End? Evaluating the German Experience
Freier, Ronny; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068720
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Self-Employment - a Way to End Unemployment?: Empirical Evidence from German Pseudo-Panel Data
Glocker, Daniela; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
basis of pseudo-panel data for Germany in the period 1996-2002. The estimation method accounts for cohort fixed effects and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069100
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The Effect of Market Power on Electricity Storage Utilization: The Case of Pumped Hydro Storage in Germany
Schill, Wolf-Peter; Kemfert, Claudia - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
In this paper, we develop the game-theoretic electricity market model ElStorM that includes the possibility of strategic electricity storage. We apply the model to the German electricity market and analyze different realistic and counterfactual cases of strategic and non-strategic pumped hydro...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541303
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And Then There Were Four ...: How Many (and Which) Measures of Active Labor Market Policy Do We Still Need? ; Finding a Balance after the Evaluation of the Hartz Reforms in Germany
Eichhorst, Werner; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
labor market policies in Germany. It argues in favor of a reduced range of active labor market policy schemes focusing on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068741
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Gone with the Wind?: Electricity Market Prices and Incentives to Invest in Thermal Power Plants under Increasing Wind Energy Supply
Traber, Thure; Kemfert, Claudia - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
of different plant types is at the outset unclear. To analyze the incentives to invest in thermal power plants under … incentives to invest in natural gas fired units are largely decreased. An increased wind supply erodes their attractiveness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069071