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From late to MTE : alternative methods for the evaluation of policy interventions

Cornelißen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Raute, Anna; … - 2016

This paper provides an introduction into the estimation of Marginal Treatment Effects (MTE). Compared to the existing … econometric techniques who would like to use MTE estimation. Our framework of analysis is a generalized Roy model based on the … IV estimation with a discrete instrument resulting in a local average treatment effect (LATE). Turning to IV estimation …

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Can financial incentives reduce the baby gap? : evidence from a reform in maternity leave benefits

Raute, Anna - 2017

educated (high earning) and low educated (low earning) women, I exploit a major maternity leave benefit reform in Germany that …

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Marginal employment subsidization : a new concept and a reappraisal

Knabe, Andreas (contributor); Schöb, Ronnie (contributor); … - 2006

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An unemployment insurance scheme for the euro area? : a comparison of different alternatives using micro data

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Neumann, Dirk; Peichl, … - 2015

We analyze different options for the design of a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA). We assess their effectiveness to act as an insurance device in the presence of asymmetric macroeconomic shocks. Running counterfactual simulations based on micro data for the period...

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Minimum wage incidence : the case for Germany

Knabe, Andreas (contributor); Schöb, Ronnie (contributor) - 2008

Using data from the 2006 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes how a minimum wage affects employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and aggregate income in the low-wage sector. It is shown that a statutory minimum wage of EUR 7.50 per hour would cost...

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Dissatisfied with life, but having a good day : time-use and well-being of the unemployed

Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Schöb, Ronnie; … - 2009

We apply the Day Reconstruction Method to compare unemployed and employed people with respect to their subjective assessment of emotional affects, differences in the composition and duration of activities during the course of a day, and their self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are...

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Changing identity : retiring from unemployment

Hetschko, Clemens; Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie - 2011

economic theory of individual utility. -- life satisfaction ; retirement ; unemployment ; identity ; social norm …

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The subjective well-being of workfare participants : insights from a day reconstruction survey

Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Weimann, Joachim - 2015

Germany. We examine two subdimensions of subjective well-being - life satisfaction and emotional well-being - separately to …

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Partnership, gender roles and the well-being cost of unemployment

Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Weimann, Joachim - 2012

We use the differences between life satisfaction and emotional well-being of employed and unemployed persons to analyze how a person's employment status affects cognitive well-being. Our results show that unemployment has a negative impact on cognitive, but not on affective well-being, which we...

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Income support, (un-)employment and well-being

Hetschko, Clemens; Schöb, Ronnie; Wolf, Tobias - 2016

Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the nonpecuniary life satisfaction effects of in-work benefits. Our empirical strategy combines difference-in-difference designs with synthetic control groups to analyze transitions of workers between unemployment,...

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