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' with substantial bunching along the earnings distribution. Since 2003, the newly introduced Midijob subsidy aims to reduce …
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up to 10 years after the first birth, which suggests adverse unintended consequences of the small jobs subsidy program …
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start-up subsidy for unemployed individuals in Germany using propensity score matching under the CIA. Having access to rich …
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We evaluate the impact of a major European state aid programme for broadband deployment applied to rural areas in the German state of Bavaria in the years 2010 and 2011. Using matched difference-in-differences estimation strategies, we find that aided municipalities have - depending on broadband...
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abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its … effectiveness in the short and medium run. Based on a triple difference methodology the hiring subsidy is shown to increase the job … at least a bachelor's degree. However, the hiring subsidy mainly created temporary short-lived employment: eligible …
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We provide an evaluation of the impact of public subsidy schemes that aimed to support the development of basic … broadband infrastructure in rural areas of Germany. Such subsidies are subject to state aid control by the European Commission …
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We develop a model of optimal carbon taxation and redistribution taking into account horizontal equity concerns by considering heterogeneous energy efficiencies. By deriving first- and second-best rules for policy instruments including carbon taxes, transfers and energy subsidies, we then...
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When countries need to implement costly economic policy reforms, these often imply uncertainties about their effectiveness for the home country and their spillovers to other countries. We develop a model to show that under these circumstances countries implement too few or too many policy...
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certain conditions, the optimal pollution tax is positive; otherwise, the tax reverts to a subsidy. Comparing mixed and …
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We study the political economy of commuting subsidies in a model of a mono-centric city with two income classes. Depending on housing demand and transport costs, either the rich or the poor live in the central city and the other group in the suburbs. Commuting subsidies increase the net income...
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