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Who bears the costs of climate change? Evidence from Tunisia

Wiebelt, Manfred; Al-Raffai, Perrihan; Breisinger, Clemens - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

In order to estimate the economic costs of climate change for Tunisia, this paper uses a combination of biophysical and economic models. In addition, the paper draws on the literature to complement the quantitative analysis with policy recommendations on how to adapt to the changing climate. The...

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Monetary versus non-monetary pro-poor growth: Evidence from rural Ethiopia between 2004 and 2009

Kacem, Rami Ben Haj - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the pro-poor growth measurement techniques using monetary versus non-monetary indicators. In this context, an alternative method for introducing non-monetary indicators into monetary pro-poor growth analysis is presented. The method is...

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On various ways of measuring pro-poor growth

Deutsch, Joseph; Silber, Jacques - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

This paper examines three possible approaches to pro-poor growth. The first one assumes that the poverty line remains constant in real terms over time. The second perspective examines the case where the poverty line is equal to half the median of the income distribution but assumes that such a...

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Assessing absolute and relative pro-poor growth, with an application to selected African countries

Bibi, Sami; Duclos, Jean-Yves; Verdier-Chouchane, Audrey - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

This paper proposes a multidimensional procedure for jointly assessing the absolute and relative pro-poorness of growth. It is also a procedure for testing whether poverty comparisons can be made over classes of indices that incorporate both absolute and relative views of poverty. Besides being...

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Pro-poor Growth in Bolivia: Accounting for External Shocks and Policy Reforms

Lay, Jann; Thiele, Rainer; Wiebelt, Manfred - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2004

This paper analyzes how major external shocks and policy reforms affect Bolivia’s ability to achieve pro-poor growth. Employing a recursive-dynamic CGE model, it considers three different scenarios: an optimistic baseline scenario that roughly extrapolates the situation prevailing before the...

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Active Labor Market Programs - Employment Gain or Fiscal Drain?

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Koettl, Johannes - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

This paper provides a new perspective in classifying ALMPs depending on their main objective, also in light of their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide incentives for retaining employment, incentives for...

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Reducing severance costs or subsidizing permanent job creation: Which policy is more effective to reduce duality?

Osuna, Victoria - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015

firms that do not comply with the obligations that subsidies involve. Finally, the sensitivity analysis reveals the … workers for the effectiveness of policies involving subsidies for permanent job creation. …

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The effect of grant receipt on start-up size: Evidence from plant level data

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife; Strobl, Eric - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

In this paper we use plant level data on the start-up size of new plant entries and detailed information on the grants received by such plants in order to investigate whether grant receipt encourages plants to start-up with more employment than without support. The data relate to manufacturing...

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Finanzhilfen des Bundes - Eine Bestandsaufnahme

Boss, Alfred; Rosenschon, Astrid - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

Subsidies granted by the German federal government decreased in the 1998–2004 period. Since 2005, subsidies have … increased. The transfers to the compulsory health insurance system were raised by very large amounts. Moreover, the subsidies … for re-integrating the unemployed were raised. The results are based on a comprehensive definition of subsidies; tax …

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Subsidies and Exports in Germany. First Evidence from Enterprise Panel Data

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Wagner, Joachim - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

the link between production-related subsidies and exports. We document that only a small fraction of enterprises is … subsidized, and that exports and subsidies are positively related. Using a matching approach to investigate the causal effect of … subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for …

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