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Maternity leave and mothers' long-term sickness absence: Evidence from Germany

Guertzgen, Nicole; Hank, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

Exploiting unique German administrative data, we estimate the association between an expansion in maternity leave duration from two to six months in 1979 and mothers' post-birth long-term sickness absence over a period of three decades after childbirth. Using a regression discontinuity design,...

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The Drivers of Deregulation in the Era of Globalization

Heinemann, Friedrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006

This paper treats the question to what extent globalization trends restrict a countryspecific regulation policy in industrial countries. The empirical analysis makes use of recently collected regulation indicators for four policy fields: financial market, product markets, labour markets and...

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Explaining Reform Deadlocks

Heinemann, Friedrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

Countries are often slow to adjust their economic structures to new necessities although this reform reluctance is costly in terms of growth and employment. This paper analyses the relevant factors that block or foster economic reforms. Theoretical considerations show that there are at least...

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Die Theorie der optimalen Währungsräume und die politische Reformfähigkeit: Ein vernachlässigtes Kriterium

Heinemann, Friedrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1998

In diesem Beitrag wird neben einem kurzen Überblick über die Argumentationsweise und Probleme der Theorie optimaler Währungsräume ein neues Beurteilungskriterium vorgestellt: die politische Reformfähigkeit potentieller Mitgliedstaaten einer Währungsunion. Hintergrund für diese Erweiterung...

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The sorting of female careers after first birth: A competing risks analysis of maternity leave duration

Arntz, Melanie; Dlugosz, Stephan; Wilke, Ralf A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

A number of contributions have found evidence for motherhood being a critical life event for women's employment careers … sorting mechanisms that lead to the differentiation of women's employment careers after birth. Our empirical evidence is de … unprecedented insights how women's skills, the quality of the previous job match, firm level characteristics, labour market …

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Are we spending too many years in school? Causal evidence of the impact of shortening secondary school duration

Büttner, Bettina; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

This paper analyzes the impact of shortening the duration of secondary schooling on the accumulation of human capital. In 2003, an educational policy reform was enacted in Saxony-Anhalt, a German state, providing a natural experimental setting. The thirteenth year of schooling was eliminated for...

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What a Difference Immigration Law Makes: PISA Results, Migration Background and Social Mobility in Europe and Traditional Countries of Immigration

Minoiu, Nicoleta; Entorf, Horst - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries (France, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden) and traditional countries of...

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Der Zugang von Arbeitnehmern in den Bezug von Arbeitslosengeld II

Aldashev, Alisher; Fitzenberger, Bernd - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

Diese Arbeit untersucht die erwerbsfÄahig eingestuften Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II, die mindestens einmal Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 bezogen haben. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass 16% der Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 während des Zeitraums 2000...

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A political economy of China's export restrictions on rare earth elements

Pothen, Frank; Fink, Kilian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015

We investigate why governments restrict exports of exotic raw materials taking rare earth elements as a case study. Trade restrictions on exotic materials do not have immediate macroeconomic effects. Relocating rare earth intensive industries is found to be the main reason behind China's export...

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Direct democracy and local public finances under cooperative federalism

Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Grigoriadis, … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

This paper exploits the introduction of the right of referenda at the local level in the German state of Bavaria in 1995 to study the fiscal effects of direct democracy. In the first part of the paper, we establish the relationship between referenda activity and fiscal performance by using a new...

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