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Management and Performance in the Public Sector : Evidence from German Municipalities
Englmaier, Florian; Muehlheusser, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; … - 2022
We study management practices and performance of public sector organizations in Germany. For a representative sample of municipalities, we provide survey evidence for substantial het-erogeneity in the use of structured management practices. This heterogeneity is not driven by differences across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014242153
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Corruption and Economic Growth : New Empirical Evidence
Gründler, Klaus - 2019
The nexus between corruption and economic growth has been examined for a long time. Many empirical studies measured … corruption by the reversed Transparency International's Perception of Corruption Index (CPI) and ignored that the CPI was not … 2012-2018 and re-examine the nexus between corruption and economic growth. The cumulative long-run effect of corruption on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861457
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The Baby Year Parental Leave Reform in the GDR and its Impact on Children's Long-Term Life Satisfaction
Heisig, Katharina - 2019
This article investigates the effects of an increase in paid parental leave -- twelve months instead of six months -- on children's long-term life satisfaction. The historical setting under study, namely the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), allows us to circumvent problems of selection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861477
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Covid-19 and life satisfaction across Europe
Bachmann, Ronald; Gonschor, Myrielle; Korfhage, Thorben; … - In: Applied economics letters 30 (2023) 5, pp. 635-639
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Volunteering and life satisfaction : a closer look at the hypothesis that volunteering more strongly benefits the unhappy
Binder, Martin - In: Applied economics letters 22 (2015) 10/12, pp. 874-885
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What explains life satisfaction? : relative income or rank income? : the case of Ecuador
Acosta-González, Hugo Nicolás; Marcenaro Gutiérrez, … - In: Applied economics letters 29 (2022) 3, pp. 195-199
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Does terrorism reduce life satisfaction?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel - In: Applied economics letters 24 (2017) 13/15, pp. 893-896
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Revisiting cheerful Jane and miserable John : the impact of income, good health, social contacts and education declines with increasing subjective well-being
Binder, Martin - In: Applied economics letters 23 (2016) 7/9, pp. 544-553
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Mind the gap? : business cycles and subjective well-being
Hovi, Matti; Laamanen, Jani-Petri - In: Applied economics letters 23 (2016) 16/18, pp. 1206-1209
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Business corruption, public sector corruption, and growth rate : time series analysis using Korean data
Lee, Jae-hyung - In: Applied economics letters 13 (2006) 13, pp. 881-885
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