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In this paper, we analyse the recording behaviour of German consumers in a one week diary on their point-of-sales expenditures. We are particularly interested in the effect of a behavioural experiment, eliciting respondents’ risk preferences, on their recording behaviour. In the experiment,...
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conducted among individuals living in Germany. Although most respondents assume that they have a good or very good knowledge of …
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We estimate Frisch labour supply functions for married women using information on desired hours, under the assumptions that these are based on a smooth convex approximation of the budget constraint. The minimum distance approach used allows for correlated random effects both in the wage and in...
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Although explanations of the persistence of high unemployment in Germany, in particular long-term unemployment, have …-Economic Panel for West Germany covering the period 1983 to 1992. The focus of the study is on the importance of "negative duration …
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When studying particular subgroups of a population, like for instance lone parents, the econometrician typically has few observations at hand. In such a situation, it is vital to take advantage of any valid complementary information that may be available. In this paper we illustrate, for the...
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Bei der Vereinheitlichung der Lebensverhältnisse in Ost- und Westdeutschland spielen die Arbeitseinkommen eine zentrale Rolle. Nach der Übernahme des westdeutschen Tarifsystems werden auch in Ostdeutschland die Arbeitseinkommen durch Tarifverhandlungen von Arbeitnehmer- und...
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A dynamic random effects probit model is estimated on the first six waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel to test for state dependence effects in male unemployment behaviour. Estimation of the model is based on the marginal likelihood approach. In the model an individual's unemployment...
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In the face of complex budget constraints the assumption of rationally acting individuals having complete knowledge of the tax system is a theoretical borderline. The specific issues examined in this study are (i) to what extent do consumers (here married women) perceive their true marginal tax...
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Germany which allows us to control for unobserved population heterogeneity and potential selectivity bias arising from an …-worker system we use information on an immigrant's expected duration of stay in Germany to distinguish between temporary and … of stay. We find that years of schooling in Germany have a strong positive effect on earnings, that earnings …
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We analyze guest-workers' expected duration of stay in Germany within an econometric model taking into account the …
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