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Using the life satisfaction approach to value daylight savings time transitions : evidence from Britain and Germany

Kuehnle, Daniel; Wunder, Christoph - 2014

examination of the welfare effects of the spring and autumn transitions for the UK and Germany. Using individual-level data and a … individuals in both the UK and Germany experience deteriorations in life satisfaction in the first week after the spring …

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Labor market effects of early retirement reforms

Riphahn, Regina T.; Schrader, Rebecca - 2020

We study causal effects of two early retirement reforms. Reform 1 (NRA) increased normal retirement age stepwise from 60 to 63. Simultaneously, it became possible to use early retirement with benefit discounts. Reform 2 (ERA) increased the age of early retirement stepwise from 60 to 63. We...

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The causal effect of family income on child health : a re-examination using an instrumental variables approach

Kuehnle, Daniel - 2013

Despite a recent growth in studies examining the association between family income and child health, very few studies investigate whether this is a causal relationship. This paper addresses this major methodological gap and examines the causal effect of family income on child health in the UK....

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The productivity effect of non-union representation

Müller, Steffen - 2009

Declining union density in many industrialized countries directs attention to alternative ways of labor relations and worker representation as, e.g., works councils. German works councils belong to the most powerful worker representations in developed countries but little is known of their...

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Assessing the localization pattern of German manufacturing and service industries : a distance based approach

Koh, Hyun-Ju; Riedel, Nadine - 2009

This paper assesses the agglomeration pattern of four-digit industries in Germany using a rich data set on the …

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Are the firm owners really worse off with a works council?

Müller, Steffen - 2009

As they are employee associations, it is typically presumed that works councils redistribute economic rents from firm owners to workers. And indeed, empirical literature suggests that works councils reduce profits although, at the same time, they increase productivity. Studies on the...

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Is there a gap in the gap? : regional differences in the gender pay gap

Hirsch, Boris; König, Marion; Möller, Joachim - 2009

' ability to discriminate against women. Utilising a large administrative data set for western Germany and a exible semi …

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Crown princes and Benjamins : birth order and educational attainment in East and West Germany

Eschelbach, Martina - 2009

in Germany. These effects are typically attributed to sibling rivalry for parental resources. Using data from the German …. The effects are of substantial magnitude, both in West and East Germany. To our knowledge, this is the first study that … also examines possible trends in the birth order effects. In West Germany, the effects remained stable over time, whereas …

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Disability pensions and labor supply : evidence from Germany

Broadway, Barbara - 2010

I investigate the incentive effects of disability pensions on the labor supply decision of the elderly in Germany. In … ; labor force exit ; Germany …

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The economics of regional demarcation in banking

Raab-Kratzmeier, Simone; Welzel, Peter - 2010 - Version of January 18, 2010

Cooperation among savings and cooperative banks was criticized by the European Commission because of potentially anti-competitive effects. In an industrial economics model of banks taking deposits and giving loans we look at regional demarcation as one of such cooperative practices. There are...

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