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Education promoted secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256208
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The information value of central school exams
Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
The central vs. local nature of high-school exit exam systems can have important repercussions on the labor market. By increasing the informational content of grades, central exams may improve the sorting of students by productivity. To test this, we exploit the unique German setting where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283839
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Does innovation cause exports? : evidence from exogenous innovation impulses and obstacles
Lachenmaier, Stefan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
Trade and growth theories predict a mutual causation of innovation and exports. We test empirically whether innovation causes exports using a uniquely rich German micro dataset. Our instrumental-variable strategy identifies variation in innovative activity that is caused by specific impulses and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402447
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The pass-through of temporary VAT rate cuts : evidence from German supermarket retail
Fuest, Clemens; Neumeier, Florian; Stöhlker, Daniel - 2021 - First draft: November 2020, this version: June 2021
identify the causal price effects, we compare the development of prices in Germany to those in Austria. Our findings indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012547036
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Corporate profit shifting and the role of tax havens : evidence from German country-by-country reporting data
Fuest, Clemens; Hugger, Felix; Neumeier, Florian - 2021
annual tax base loss for Germany amounts to EUR 5.4 billion. Adding estimates of profit shifting by multinationals not … covered by the CbC data yields an overall estimate for profits shifted out of Germany to tax havens of EUR 19.1 billion per … year, corresponding to 4.3% of the profits reported by these firms in Germany. This implies a tax revenue loss due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012417748
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The empire is dead, long live the empire! : long-run persistence of trust and corruption in the bureaucracy
Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - 2011
Do empires affect attitudes towards the state long after their demise? We hypothesize that the Habsburg Empire with its localized and well-respected administration increased citizens' trust in local public services. In several Eastern European countries, communities on both sides of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009012109
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Marginal employment subsidization : a new concept and a reappraisal
Knabe, Andreas (contributor); Schöb, Ronnie (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003363920
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Workfare in Germany and the problem of vertical fiscal externalities
Feist, Holger; Schöb, Ronnie - 1999
Social assistance to the poor is increasingly subject to compulsory work requirements in Germany. Municipalities have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781680
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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850158
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Broadband infrastructure and economic growth
Czernich, Nina; Falck, Oliver; Kretschmer, Tobias; … - 2009
We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel of OECD countries in 1996-2007. Our instrumental-variable model derives its non-linear first stage from a logistic diffusion model where pre-existing voice-telephony and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003910663