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Discrete Choice Labor Supply : Conditional Logit vs. Random Coefficient Models

Haan, Peter - 2004

Estimating labor supply functions using a discrete rather than a continuous specification has become increasingly popular in recent years. On basis of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) I test which specification of discrete choice is the appropriate model for estimating labor supply: the...

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Kausalanalyse durch Matchingverfahren

DiPrete, Thomas A.; Gangl, Markus - 2004

Aufgrund ihrer Nähe zum Konzept kontrafaktischer Kausalität haben nichtparametrische Matchingverfahren in der neueren statistischen und ökonometrischen Literatur zur Kausalanalyse an Bedeutung gewonnen. Vor diesem Hintergrund führt der Beitrag das Rubin Causal Model (RCM) in die...

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The Attitudes towards the Euro : An Empirical Study based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Schneider, Thorsten; Isengard, Bettina - 2004

This paper investigates the attitudes towards the Euro and their changes over time in Germany by using longitudinal …

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The Determinants of Debt and (Private-) Equity Financing in Young Innovative SMEs : Evidence from Germany

Zimmermann, Volker; Werwatz, Axel; Schäfer, Dorothea - 2004

Financial theory creates a puzzle. Some authors argue that high-risk entrepreneurs choose debt contracts instead of equity contracts since risky but high returns are of relatively more value for a loan-financed firm. On the contrary, authors who focus explicitly on start-up finance predict that...

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Are There Any Class Size Effects On Early Career Earnings In West Germany?

Baumgartner, Hans J. - 2004

the growing empirical literature on this issue from Germany. …

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Do Cross-National Differences in the Costs of Children Generate Cross-National Differences in Fertility Rates?

Pacalova, Hana; Engelhardt, Henriette; Morgan, S. Philip; … - 2003

countries (the US, West Germany, Denmark, Italy, and the United Kingdom), whose fertility rates span the observed fertility …

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Innovation Clusters : Combining Physical and Virtual Links

Preissl, Brigitte - 2003

Innovation is increasingly seen as a collective action which involves many different actors operating in a cluster context. These clusters are usually conceived as local agglomerations. In this paper it will be argued that they are an important tool to study innovation, but the globalisation of...

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Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction : A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis

Georgellis, Yannis; Diener, Ed; Clark, Andrew E.; … - 2003

We use fourteen waves of the German panel data to ask whether individuals, after life and labour market events, return to some baseline wellbeing level. Although the strongest life satisfaction effect is often at the time of the event, significant lag and lead effects are present. Men are more...

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E-business in Service Industries : Usage patterns and service gaps

Preissl, Brigitte - 2003

for France, Germany, Italy and the UK. It will be particularly interesting to have a closer look at the situation in … Germany, since this country is generally considered a ?service laggard? (see summaries of the debate in Cornetz/Schäfer 1999 … holds for the introduction of innovative technology-based business models in service firms. If service sectors in Germany …

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National Climate Change Policy : Are the New German Energy Policy Initiatives in Conflict with WTO Law?

Böhm, Frédéric; Biermann, Frank; Trabold, Harald; … - 2003

This paper addresses German energy policy instruments and their compatibility with WTO rules. Germany and the EU are …

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