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Corporate Social Responsibility and Tax Avoidance
Goerke, Laszlo - 2019
We theoretically analyse the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and tax avoidance of an oligopolistic firm. The firm maximises a weighted sum of profits and a CSR objective which depends on output and the firm's contribution to public good provision, i.e. tax payments....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892275
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Promoting Child Development in a Universal Preschool System : A Field Experiment
Rege, Mari - 2019
This study tests an intervention that introduces a structured curriculum for five-year olds into the universal …-month curriculum intervention has effects on child development at post-intervention and the effects persist one year following the end …, suggesting that a structured curriculum can reduce inequality in early childhood learning environments …
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The Affordable Care Act and the Market for Higher Education
Chakrabarti, Rajashri - 2019
Through changing the connection between insurance and employment, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has affected people's incentives to obtain education. We employ a triple-difference strategy comparing counties with different levels of uninsurance pre-ACA and in states with different Medicaid...
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Closing the Gap between Vocational and General Education? Evidence from University Technical Colleges in England
Machin, Stephen J.; McNally, Sandra; Terrier, Camille; … - 2021
Some countries, notably those which have long had a weak history of vocational education like the UK and the US, have recently seen a rapid expansion of hybrid schools which provide both general and vocational education. England introduced ‘University Technical Colleges’ (UTCs) in 2010 for...
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Tutoring in (Online) Higher Education : Experimental Evidence
Hardt, David; Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes - 2022
Demand for personalized online tutoring in higher education is growing but there is little research on its effectiveness. We conducted an RCT offering remote peer tutoring in micro- and macroeconomics at a German university teaching online due to the Covid-pandemic. Treated students met in small...
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The Effect of Preferential Admissions on the College Participation of Disadvantaged Students : The Role of Pre-College Choices
Tincani, Michela Maria; Kosse, Fabian; Miglino, Enrico - 2022
Exploiting the randomized expansion of preferential college admissions in Chile, we show they increased admission and enrollment of disadvantaged students by 32%. But the intended beneficiaries were nearly three times as many, and of higher average ability, than those induced to be admitted. The...
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Corporate Philanthropy and Productivity: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2014
Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Philanthropy or other Corporate Social Responsibility policies. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives - that take the form...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Tax Avoidance
Goerke, Laszlo - 2018
We theoretically analyse the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and tax avoidance of an oligopolistic firm. The firm maximises a weighted sum of profits and a CSR objective which depends on output and the firm's contribution to public good provision, i.e. tax payments....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932047
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Corporate Social Responsibility along the Global Value Chain
Herkenhoff, Philipp; Krautheim, Sebastian; Semrau, Finn Ole - 2021
Firms are under increasing pressure to meet stakeholders' demand for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) along their global value chains. We study the incentives for and investments in CSR at different stages of the production process. We analyze a model of sequential production with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177532
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Can Moral Reminders Curb Corruption? Evidence from an Online Classroom Experiment
Claus, Corinna; Koehler, Ekkehard A.; Krieger, Tim - 2022
Using an incentivized online classroom experiment, we assess the effectiveness of deontological vs. consequentialist moral reminders. Participants were told that they are the responsible public servant for acquiring a Covid-19 vaccine, providing them with the opportunity to generate some extra...
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