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Pharmaceutical Prices : The Impact of the Launch Strategy - An Analysis of German Data

Böhler, Yvonne-Beatrice - 2019

This paper reports the results from a statistical analysis of pharmaceutical price negotiations in Germany, where the …

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Reference Points for Retirement Behavior : Evidence from German Pension Discontinuities

Seibold, Arthur - 2019

concentration of job exits at specific ages. In Germany, almost 30% of workers retire precisely in the month when they reach one of …

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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...

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Do Firms Hire More Older Workers? Evidence from Germany

Busch, Fabian; Fenge, Robert; Ochsen, Carsten - 2021

This paper analyses how demographic changes of the labour force affect labour demand. Do firms adjust their hiring behaviour to an ageing society? Combining data at the firm level and the administrative district level, we analyse the hiring behaviour of firms. Our findings suggest that firms...

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How Does Reducing the Intensity of Tracking Affect Student Achievement? Evidence from German State Reforms

Piopiunik, Marc - 2021

To investigate the effects of reducing the intensity of tracking, this study exploits reforms across German states which combined the two lower secondary school tracks, sometimes additionally offering the possibility to acquire a university entrance qualification. Using a...

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Social Mobility in Germany

Dodin, Majed; Findeisen, Sebastian; Henkel, Lukas; … - 2021

We characterize intergenerational mobility in Germany using census data on educational attainment and parental income …

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On the Road (Again) : Commuting and Local Employment Elasticities in Germany

Krebs, Oliver; Pflüger, Michael - 2021

address the role of housing markets for quantitative analyses. Germany is an exciting laboratory because commuting across … local labor markets is pervasive, unique data are available, and because Germany’s high degree of trade openness poses a …/housing shares in Germany turns out to be inessential for our findings, the level of the land/housing share plays an important role …

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Are There No Wage Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Germany? A Reassessment

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2021

This study replicates and challenges the finding of zero wage returns to compulsory schooling in Germany by Pischke and … details. These findings render the conclusion that compulsory schooling in Germany yields no wage returns at a minimum …

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The Pass-Through of Temporary VAT Rate Cuts : Evidence from German Supermarket Retail

Fuest, Clemens; Neumeier, Florian; Stöhlker, Daniel - 2021

identify the causal price effects, we compare the development of prices in Germany to those in Austria. Our findings indicate …

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The Impact of All-Day Schools on Student Achievement - Evidence from Extending School Days in German Primary Schools

Seidlitz, Arnim; Zierow, Larissa - 2021

This paper studies the effect of longer school days - induced by voluntary all-day programs in German primary schools - on school performance. We combine data from the National Educational Panel Study covering 5348 primary school students with municipality-level information on all-day school...

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