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Social Networks, Job Search Methods and Reservation Wages : Evidence for Germany

Caliendo, Marco - 2010

novel data set of unemployed individuals in Germany containing extensive information on job search behavior and direct …

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Benefit Duration, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality : A Regression-Discontinuity Approach

Caliendo, Marco - 2010

unemployment benefits in Germany, which increases from 12 months to 18 months at the age of 45, to identify the effect of extended …

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Subjective Well-Being and the Family: Results from an Ordered Probit Model with Multiple Random Effects

Winkelmann, Rainer - 2004

The previous literature on the determinants of individual well-being has failed to fully account for the interdependencies in well-being at the family level. This paper develops an ordered probit model with multiple random effects that allows to identify the intrafamily correlation in...

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Income and Happiness : New Results from Generalized Threshold and Sequential Models

Winkelmann, Rainer; Boes, Stefan - 2004

Empirical studies on the relationship between income and happiness commonly use standard ordered response models, the most well-known representatives being the ordered logit and the ordered probit. However, these models restrict the marginal probability effects by design, and therefore limit the...

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Single Motherhood and (Un)Equal Educational Opportunities : Evidence for Germany

Mahler, Philippe; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2004

We examine the effect of single motherhood on children's secondary school track choice using a sample of 14 years old children drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel. In line with previous studies for the U.S., the U.K. and Sweden, we find a negative correlation between disrupted family...

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What Can Happiness Research Tell Us About Altruism? : Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel

Schwarze, Johannes; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2005

Much progress has been made in recent years on developing and applying a direct measure of utility using survey questions on subjective well-being. In this paper we explore whether this new type of measurement can be fruitfully applied to the study of interdependent utility in general, and...

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The Employment Effects of Job Creation Schemes in Germany : A Microeconometric Evaluation

Caliendo, Marco; Hujer, Reinhard; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2005

In this paper we evaluate the employment effects of job creation schemes on the participating individuals in Germany …. Job creation schemes are a major element of active labour market policy in Germany and are targeted at long …

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Is Job Stability Declining in Germany? Evidences from Count Data Models

Winkelmann, Rainer; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

The macro evidence of increased adjustment pressure since the early seventies suggests that job mobility should have increased. Hence, retrospective and spell data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are combined in order to test the hypothesis that job stability for German workers declined...

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Macroeconometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in Germany - A Dynamic Panel Approach Using Regional Data

Zeiss, Christopher; Caliendo, Marco; Blien, Uwe; Hujer, … - 2002

estimate the impacts of ALMP in Germany for the time period 1999-2001 with regional data of 175 labour office districts. Due to … accounts especially for the inherent simultaneity problem of ALMP. For West Germany we find positive effects of vocational … training and job creation schemes on the labour market situation, whereas the results for East Germany do not allow profound …

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Why Do Firms Recruit Internationally?

Winkelmann, Rainer - 2001

The paper studies the demand for foreign graduates at the firm level. Using a unique dataset on recruitment policies of firms in four European countries, the determinants of demand for internationally mobile high-skilled employees are established. I investigate the number, origin, skills, and...

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