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Maternal employment and happiness: the effect of non-participation and part-time employment on mothers' life satisfaction

Berger, Eva M. - 2009

less frequently been the subject of economists' investigations. In Germany, many women with dependent children are …

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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed

Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009

in Germany. Our data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us to adapt a recently developed concept of … Germany. Our results indicate that separated migrants have a relatively slow reintegration into the labor market. We explain …

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Car road charging: impact assessment on German and Austrian households

Kalinowska, Dominika; Steininger, Karl W. - 2009

Austria and Germany assessing the impact of road charging (RC). The pricing policy measure is introduced for the private …

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A structural approach to estimating the effect of taxation on the labor market dynamics of older workers

Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2009

We estimate a dynamic structural life-cycle model of employment, non-employment and retirement that includes endogenous accumulation of human capital and intertemporal non- separabilities in preferences. Additionally, the model accounts for the effect of the tax and transfer system on work...

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Research efficiency in manufacturing: an application of DEA at the industry level

Schmidt-Ehmcke, Jens; Zloczysti, Petra - 2009

Office (EPO) to industry-specific R&D inputs from EU KLEMS. We find that Germany, the United States, and Denmark have the …

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Choices which change life satisfaction: Revising SWB theory to account for change

Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010

Using data from the long-running German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2008, this paper analyses the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that preferences and choices relating to life goals/values, partner's personality, hours of work,...

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Start-up subsidies for the unemployed: Long-term evidence and effect heterogeneity

Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - 2010

(ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed …

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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010

policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …

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Gender differences in subjective well-being in and out of management positions

Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2010

all, but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address how the …

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Raising rivals' fixed (labor) costs: The Deutsche Post case

Heitzler, Sven; Wey, Christian - 2010

We analyze the bargaining problem of an incumbent firm and a union when the wage contract becomes generally binding. Our main application relates to competition among operators of mail delivery networks. We describe the Deutsche Post case which highlights the raising rivals' costs incentive and...

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