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Sensitivity of matching-based program evaluations to the availability of control variables

Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2011

the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates … as detailed regional characteristics are also relevant. -- training ; job search assistance ; matching estimation …

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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 …

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Evaluating nationwide health interventions when standard before-after doesn't work : Malawi's ITN distribution program

Deuchert, Eva; Wunsch, Conny - 2010

the total reduction in infant mortality over the study period. -- treatment effect ; semi-parametric estimation ; health …

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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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The role of the corporate income tax as an automatic stabilizer

Büttner, Thiess; Fuest, Clemens - 2009

This paper analyses the effectiveness of the corporate income tax as an automatic stabilizer. It employs a unique firm-level dataset of German manufacturers combining financial statements with firm-specific information about credit market restrictions. The results show that approximately 20 per...

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Do firms benefit from active labour market policies?

Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny; Scioch, Patrycja - 2013 - This version: September 2013

This paper investigates the link between variation in the supply of workers who participate in specific types of active labour market policies (ALMPs) and firm performance using a new exceptionally informative German employer-employee data base. For identification we exploit that German local...

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Minimum wages and their alternatives : a critical assessment

Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie - 2008

issues for the exemplary case of Germany that suffers from high unemployment among low-skilled workers and rising wage … in Germany, on employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and incomes of poor households: 1) a statutory minimum …

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Corporate tax Reform and foreign direct investment in Germany : evidence from firm-level data

Becker, Johannes (contributor); Fuest, Clemens (contributor) - 2006

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Expected effects of the US tax reform on other countries : global and local survey evidence

Boumans, Dorine; Fuest, Clemens; Krolage, Carla; … - 2019

companies. The effects on investment in Germany are ambiguous: While some firms substitute between investment locations, others …

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Does expert information affect citizens' attitudes toward corona policies? : evidence from Germany

Fuest, Clemens; Immel, Lea; Neumeier, Florian; Peichl, … - 2021

Information provided by experts is widely believed to play a key role in shaping attitudes towards policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper uses a survey experiment to assess whether providing citizens with expert information about the health risk of COVID-19 and the economic costs...

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