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Privatization and changes in the wage structure : evidence from firm personnel records
Melly, Blaise (contributor); Puhani, Patrick A. (contributor) - 2008
We investigate the wage effects of privatization using person-level firm-based panel datasets from one privatized and one nonprivatized public sector firm in the same country for the years immediately before and after privatization. Thus, we can analyze the before-after effects of privatization...
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On the effects of COVID-19 safer-at-home policies on social distancing, car crashes and pollution
Brodeur, Abel; Cook, Nikolai; Wright, Taylor - 2020
decreased while time in residence rises sharply. With less vehicle traffic, we find: a 50% reduction in vehicular collisions; an …
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Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien erhöht Wirtschaftsleistung in Deutschland
Blazejczak, Jürgen; Braun, Frauke G.; Edler, Dietmar; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 50, pp. 10-16
Der starke Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien führt in Deutschland zu Nachfrageimpulsen und verringert die Einfuhr …
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Employment effects of welfare reforms : evidence from a dynamic structural life-cycle model
Haan, Peter (contributor); Prowse, Victoria (contributor);  … - 2008
place in Germany, towards a more Anglo-American system in which a large proportion of transfers are paid to the working poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716521
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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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Would a legal minimum wage reduce poverty? : a microsimulation study for Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe (contributor) - 2008
an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … and had no negative employment effects. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing …
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Start-ups by the unemployed: characteristics, survival and direct employment effects
Caliendo, Marco (contributor);  … - 2007
,100 start-ups founded by unemployed persons in Germany. Individuals were subsidized under two different schemes, and we are able …
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The effect of expansions in maternity leave coverage on children's long-term outcomes
Dustmann, Christian (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper evaluates the impact of three major expansions in leave coverage in Germany on the long-run education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737647
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The relative effectiveness of selected active labour market programmes and the common support problem
Stephan, Gesine (contributor); Pahnke, André (contributor) - 2008
For Germany, we analyse the (relative) effects of participation in several active labour market programmes on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763131
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Wage subsidies for needy job-seekers and their effect on individual labour market outcomes after the German reforms
Bernhard, Sarah (contributor); Gartner, Hermann (contributor) - 2008
Our paper estimates the average effect of wage subsidies - paid to employers for a limited period of time - on the labour market prospects of needy job-seekers without access to insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I'. The results show that wage subsidies had large and significant favourable...
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