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Imposed benefit sanctions and the unemployment-to-employment transition : the German experience
Müller, Kai-Uwe (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2008
positive short- and long-term effects of benefit sanctions which are robust for men and women in East and West Germany. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716523
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Preferences for childcare policies : theory and evidence
Borck, Rainald (contributor);  … - 2008
We analyse preferences for public, private or mixed provision of childcare theoretically and empirically. We model childcare as a publicly provided private good. Richer households should prefer private provision to either pure public or mixed provision. If public provision redistributes from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755931
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Naturalization proclivities, ethnicity and integration
Constant, Amelie (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper studies the determinants of naturalization among Turkish and ex-Yugoslav immigrants in Germany …, but not to those educated in Germany. We find that the degree of integration in German society has a differential effect … on citizenship acquisition. While a longer residence in Germany has a negative influence on actual or future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652669
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Financial student aid and enrollment into higher education : new evidence from Germany
Steiner, Viktor (contributor);  … - 2008
We estimate the elasticity of enrollment into higher education with respect to the amount of means tested student aid (BAfoeG) provided by the federal government using the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP). Potential student aid is derived on the basis of a detailed tax-benefit microsimulation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737644
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Does distance determine who attends a university in Germany?
Spieß, C. Katharina (contributor);  … - 2008
We analyze the role of distance from a university in the decision to attend higher education in Germany. Students who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003741923
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Google econometrics and unemployment forecasting
Askitas, Nikolaos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
The current economic crisis requires fast information to predict economic behavior early, which is difficult at times of structural changes. This paper suggests an innovative new method of using data on internet activity for that purpose. It demonstrates strong correlations between keyword...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859346
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EU enlargement under continued mobility restrictions : consequences for the German labor market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
the German labor market since EU enlargement. Unlike other EU countries, Germany has not immediately opened up its labor … immigrants from outside of Europe for low-skilled jobs instead of competing with German natives. While Germany needs high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824777
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Do tuition fees affect the mobility of university applicants? : evidence from a natural experiment
Dwenger, Nadja; Storck, Johanna; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2009
Germany, we estimate the effect of tuition fees on the probability of applying for a university in the home state. We find a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898599
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Work and money : payoffs by ethnic identity and gender
Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
immigrants in Germany show that ethnic identity is important for the decision to work and significantly and differentially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872706
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Can child care policy encourage employment and fertility? : evidence from a structural model
Haan, Peter; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2009
In this paper we develop a structural model of female employment and fertility which accounts for intertemporal feedback effects between the two outcomes. We identify the effect of financial incentives on the employment and fertility decision by exploiting variation in the tax and transfer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904913