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Policies in hard times : assessing the impact of financial crises on structural reforms
Gokmen, Gunes; Nannicini, Tommaso; Onorato, … - 2020
It is commonly argued that crises open up a window of opportunity to implement policies that otherwise would not have the necessary political backing. The argument goes that the political cost of deep reforms declines as crises unravel structural problems that need to be urgently rectified and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164495
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Privatisation in developing countries : what are the lessons of recent experience?
Estrin, Saul; Pelletier, Adeline - 2016
This paper reviews recent empirical evidence on privatisation in developing countries. Particular emphasis is placed on new areas of research such as the distributional impacts of privatisation. Overall, the literature now reflects a more cautious and nuanced evaluation of privatisation. Thus it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571943
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The impact of regulation on innovation
Aghion, Philippe; Bergeaud, Antonin; Van Reenen, John - 2021
Does regulation affect the pace and nature of innovation and if so, by how much? We build a tractable and quantifiable ….4% lower due to the regulation, a 2.2% consumption equivalent welfare loss. Four-fifths of this loss is due to lower innovation … changes in the direction of R&D, and find that regulation's negative effects only matter for incremental innovation (as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431121
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The unemployment impact of product and labour market regulation : evidence from European countries
Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - 2018
This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using data for 24 European countries over the period 1998-2013. Controlling for country-fixed effects, endogeneity and a large set of covariates, results show that product market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871988
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Integrating severely disabled individuals into the labour market : the Austrian case
Humer, Brigitte (contributor);  … - 2007
"We study the impact of the Austrian Employment Act for the Disabled which grants extended employment protection, requires a hiring quota for firms, and subsidizes the employment of severely disabled (SD) workers. Using a large sample of eligible individuals we compare workers before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003476495
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Kids or courses? : Gender differences in the effects of active labor market policies
Lechner, Michael (contributor); Wiehler, Stephan (contributor) - 2007
This paper investigates active labor market programs in Austria with a special emphasis on male-female effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003580851
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Does the order and timing of active labor market programs matter?
Lechner, Michael (contributor); Wiehler, Stephan (contributor) - 2007
This paper extends the traditional focus of active labor market policy evaluation from a static comparison of participation in a program versus nonparticipation (or participation in another program) to the evaluation of the effects of program sequences, i.e. multiple participation or timing of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561661
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Wage subsidies, work incentives, and the reform of the Austrian welfare system
Steiner, Viktor; Wakolbinger, Florian - 2010
Mindestsicherung") to be introduced in Austria by the end of this/beginning of next year. The aim of this reform is to reduce poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008850
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Can pro-marriage policies work? : an analysis of marginal marriages
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
exploit the suspension of a cash-on-hand marriage subsidy in Austria to examine the differential behavior of marginal and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009568772
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The effectiveness of health screening
Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Hummer, Michael; Pruckner, … - 2012
Using a matched insurant-general practitioner panel data set, we estimated the effect of a general health-screening program on individuals' health status and health care cost. To account for selection into treatment, we used regional variations in the intensity of exposure to supply-determined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530136