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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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Multinationals' profit response to tax differentials: Effect size and shifting channels

Heckemeyer, Jost H.; Overesch, Michael - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

This paper provides a quantitative review of the empirical literature on profit-shifting behavior of multinational firms. We synthesize the evidence from 25 studies and find a substantial response of profit measures to international tax rate differentials. Accounting for misspecification biases...

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The own-wage elasticity of labor demand: A meta-regression analysis

Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

Firms' labor demand responses to wage changes are of key interest in empirical research and policy analysis. However, despite extensive research, estimates of labor demand elasticities remain subject to considerable heterogeneity. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive meta-regression...

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Capital structure choice and company taxation: A meta-study

Feld, Lars P.; Heckemeyer, Jost H.; Overesch, Michael - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

This paper provides a quantitative review of the empirical literature on the tax impact on corporate debt financing. Synthesizing the evidence from 46 previous studies, we find that this impact is substantial. In particular, the tax rate proxy determines the outcome of primary analyses. Measures...

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Is it Who You Ask or How You Ask? Findings of a Meta-Analysis on Genetically Modified Food Valuation Studies

Dannenberg, Astrid - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

This paper presents a meta-analysis of 46 primary studies reporting a total of 108 genetically modified food valuation estimates. The analysis shows that elicitation methods and formats used in the primary studies affect valuation estimates much more than do sample characteristics. Moreover,...

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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,...

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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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