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Business services in Germany: bridges for innovation
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Spielkamp, Alfred - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially …" of technological information within the economy. They are providers, purchasers or partners in the context of innovation …. A sound innovation capacity, especially knowledge, creativity, market and management skills let them become bridges for …
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What active labour market programmes work for immigrants in Europe? A meta-analysis of the evaluation literature
Butschek, Sebastian; Walter, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
A growing body of programme evaluation literature recognises immigrants as a disadvantaged group on European labour …
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The heterogeneous effects of training incidence and duration on labor market transitions
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Paul, Marie - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
This paper estimates the impact of training incidence and duration on employment transitions accounting for the endogeneity of program participation and duration. We specify a very flexible bivariate random effects probit model for employment and training participation and we use Bayesian Markov...
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Short-term training programs for immigrants: do effects differ from natives and why?
Aldashev, Alisher; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
We evaluate the effects of different short-term training programs on the employment chances of immigrant and native welfare recipients in Germany. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between both groups and what might cause these potential differences. In a first step,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536039
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Assessing the effects of a road surfacing cartel in Switzerland
Hüschelrath, Kai; Leheyda, Nina; Beschorner, Patrick … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
The paper assesses the impact of the detection of a hard-core cartel in the Swiss market for road surfacing on post-cartel competition. In addition to an investigation of supply-side factors, demand-side factors, and market prices, the paper also derives estimates of the economic effects of the...
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Methodologische Grundlagen einer Evaluation von Wettbewerbspolitik
Hüschelrath, Kai - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
Thema 'Evaluation of the Actions and Resources of the Competition Authorities' statt. Eine wesentliche Erkenntnis der … Arbeitsvorgabe erst einige Jahre vergangen sind, so hat die Bedeutung der Evaluation von Wettbewerbspolitik seitdem deutlich … methodologischen Überlegungen bestehender Studien, sondern ermöglicht gleichzeitig eine Identifikation von Problemen bei der Evaluation …
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Estimating the effects of public training on Polish unemployment by way of the augmented matching function approach
Puhani, Patrick A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999
We analyse Polish active labour market policy (ALMP) training programmes from a macroeconomic (regional) point of view. The effects of training programmes on the outflows from unemployment and the effects of all ALMP programmes on the outflows from employment (to identify displacement effects)...
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Crowding out Informal Care? Evidence from a Social Experiment in Germany
Arntz, Melanie; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
the standard home care programs of the German long-term care insurance. The evaluation makes use of a long-run social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097584
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How do employment effects of job creation schemes differ with respect to the foregoing unemployment duration?
Hujer, Reinhard; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
Based on new administrative data for Germany covering entrances into job creation schemes between July 2000 and May 2001, we evaluate the effects of this active labour market policy programme on the employability of the participating individuals. The programme effects are estimated considering...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097604
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Evaluating the impact of public start-up assistance: results from an econometric approach
Almus, Matthias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001
This paper analyzes the medium-term growth performance of firms that exclusively received start-up assistance from programs administered by the Deutsche Ausgleichsbank (DtA), a state owned bank, within two years after startup. I apply a parametric selection approach that controls for two...
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