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Exploring the puzzle of human reproduction : register data based evidence from France and Germany

Lipowski, Cäcilia; Wilke, Ralf A.; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2020

analyse and directly compare fertility patterns in two major European economies over a period of 15 years. Strong evidence is … found that opportunity costs play a role in fertility decisions, and for a positive income effect for females with high … earnings. Females in Germany adapt their fertility behaviour more strongly in response to economic incentives than their …

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The impact of a negative labor demand shock on fertility : evidence from the fall of the Berlin Wall

Liepmann, Hannah - 2018

How does a negative labor demand shock impact fertility? I analyze this question in the context of the East German … fertility decline after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I exploit differential pressure for restructuring across East …. Thus, the demand shock did not only depress the aggregate fertility level but also changed the composition of mothers. My …

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Does the right to work part-time affect mothers' labor market outcomes?

Paule-Paludkiewicz, Hannah - 2024

This paper studies how the statutory right to work part-time affects mothers’ post-birth labor market outcomes. I use a differences-in-differences design to investigate a reform in Germany that granted the right to work part-time to employees of firms with more than 15 employees. I find that...

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The empirics of economic growth over time and across nations : a unified growth perspective

Cervellati, Matteo; Meyerheim, Gerrit; Sunde, Uwe - 2022

This research develops an expanded unified growth theory that incorporates the endogenous accumulation of physical capital, population, human capital, and technology. The model incorporates a complementarity between physical capital and human capital and can be extended to a multi-country...

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Bombs, broadcasts and resistance: Allied intervention and domestic opposition to the Nazi regime during World War II

Adena, Maja; Enikolopov, Ruben; Petrova, Maria; Voth, … - 2021

Can bombs and broadcasts instigate resistance against a foreign regime? In this paper, we examine the canonical case of bombing designed to undermine enemy morale-the Allied bomber offensive against Germany during World War II. Our evidence shows that air power and the airwaves indeed undermined...

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ZEW-EviSTA : a microsimulation model of the German tax and transfer system

Buhlmann, Florian; Hebsaker, Michael; Kreuz, Tobias; … - 2022 - First version: June 2022

This article describes ZEW-EviSTA®, the microsimulation model developed and used at ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim. The model simulates the German tax and transfer system using household micro level data. By estimating fiscal effects, labor market outcomes as well as...

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Green technology policies versus carbon pricing : an intergenerational perspective

Rausch, Sebastian; Yonezawa, Hidemichi - 2023

Technology policy is the most widespread form of climate policy and is often preferred over seemingly efficient carbon pricing. We propose a new explanation for this observation: gains that predominantly accrue to households with large capital assets and that influence majority decisions in...

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Participation Tax Rates in Finland, Earnedincome Tax Credit Investigated

Mauri, Kotamäki - 2016

Previous estimates on participation tax rates (PTRs) are reviewed and new, updated PTR estimates of the Finnish case are provided with 2013 data. The results indicate that there has been an increase in the average PTR in Finland after 2011. The sensitivity of PTR calculations is tested in order...

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Equality Enhancing Benefit Cut - Possible, but Unlikely

Kotamäki, Mauri - 2020

This paper considers whether a replacement rate cut can be income equality enhancing and with what conditions. The logical answer to the question is yes, if the propensity of moving from low income state to high income state is high enough. The main contribution of this paper is to derive an...

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A note on automation, stagnation, and the implications of a robot tax

Gasteiger, Emanuel; Prettner, Klaus - 2017

We analyze the long-run growth effects of automation in the canonical overlapping generations framework. While automation implies constant returns to capital within this model class (even in the absence of technological progress), we show that it does not have the potential to lead to positive...

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