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EU-Fördergelder: "Subventions-Hopping" oder sinnvolle Investitionsförderung - brauchen wir mehr Transparenz?
Thoben, Christa; Schauerte, Hartmut; Pieper, Markus; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 61 (2008) 05, pp. 3-15
beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, verweist auf die Zahlungen, die Deutschland aus den EU …-Strukturfonds erhält: "In der laufenden Förderperiode 2007-2013 werden rund 26,3 Mrd. € aus den EU-Strukturfonds nach Deutschland fließen … von Transparenz. Leider lasse sich auf Grundlage eines recht allgemeinen Berichtswesens der Mitgliedstaaten die …
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Sequential Matching Estimation of Dynamic Causal Models
Lechner, Michael - 2004
This paper proposes sequential matching and inverse selection probability weighting to estimate dynamic causal effects. The sequential matching estimators extend simple, matching estimators based on propensity scores for static causal analysis that have been frequently applied in the evaluation...
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Regional Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2004
The effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on individual employment chances and earnings are evaluated by nonparametric instrumental variables based on Swiss administrative data with detailed regional information. Using an exogenous variation in the participation probabilities across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261854
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What is the Value Added by Caseworkers?
Lechner, Michael; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2003
We investigate the allocation of unemployed individuals to different subprograms within Swiss active labour market policy by the caseworkers at local employment offices in Switzerland in 1998. We are particularly interested in whether the caseworkers allocate the unemployed to services in ways...
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Incentive Effects of Bonus Payments : Evidence from an International Company
Engellandt, Axel; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2004
This study uses panel data describing about 6,500 employees in a large international company to study the incentive effects of performance related pay. The company uses two performance related remuneration mechanisms. One is an individual "surprise" bonus payment. The other is a more structured...
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Microeconometric Evaluation of the Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland
Lechner, Michael; Gerfin, Michael - 2000
In the second part of the 1990?s Switzerland conducted an ambitious active labour market policy (ALMP) encompassing a wide variety of programmes. We evaluate the effects of these programmes on the individual employment probability of potential participants. Our econometric analysis uses...
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Does Subsidised Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Steiger, Heidi - 2002
Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the chances of the unemployed to find permanent employment. Using informative individual administrative data we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented...
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Temporary Contracts and Employee Effort
Engellandt, Axel; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2003
Temporary contracts provide employers with a tool to screen potential new employees and have been shown to provide "stepping stones" into permanent employment for workers. For both reasons workers on temporary contracts have an incentive to provide more effort than permanent employees. Using...
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Exploiting regional treatment intensity for the evaluation of labour market policies
Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2006
We estimate the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on subsequent employment by nonparametric instrumental variables and matching estimators. Very informative administrative Swiss data with detailed regional information are combined with exogenous regional variation in programme...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267957
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Public employment services and employers: how important are networks with firms?
Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2007
This paper examines whether contacts between caseworkers in public employment offices and employers impact on the reemployment chances of the unemployed they counsel. This analysis is made possible through a large administrative dataset on unemployed combined with an extensive survey of...
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