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Does retirement affect voluntary work provision? : evidence from England, Ireland and the U.S.
Eibich, Peter; Lorenti, Angelo; Mosca, Irene - 2020
Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the related "social distancing" measures, working from home (WfH) has suddenly become a crucial lever of economic activity. This paper combines survey and administrative data to compute measures for the feasibility of working from home among German employees....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202530
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Why volunteer? : Evidence on the role of altruism, reputation, and incentives
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. (contributor);  … - 2007
altruism, reputational concerns, and material incentives. We present an analysis of a unique data set that combines an … experimental measure of altruism, surveyed measures of other factors including reputational concerns, and call records from … explanations, we find that altruism and reputational concerns are positively associated with the decision to volunteer. Moreover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561613
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Crowding in with impure altruism : theory and evidence from volunteerism in national parks
Kotchen, Matthew J.; Wagner, Katherine R. H. - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164702
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Income and the utilization of long-term care services : evidence from the social security benefit notch
Goda, Gopi Shah; Golberstein, Ezra; Grabowski, David C. - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003981350
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Curbing cream-skimming : evidence on enrolment incentives
Courty, Pascal (contributor); Kim, Do Han (contributor);  … - 2008
Can enrolment incentives reduce the incidence of cream-skimming in the delivery of public sector services (e.g. education, health, job training)? In the context of a large government job training program, we investigate whether the use of enrolment incentives that set different 'shadow prices'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793550
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Willingness to pay for drug rehabilitation : implications for cost recovery
Bishai, David; Sindelar, Jody Louise - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003374761
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The geographic accessibility of child care subsidies and evidence on the impact of subsidy receipt on childhood obesity
Herbst, Chris M.; Tekin, Erdal - 2011
This paper examines the impact of the spatial accessibility of public human services agencies on the likelihood of receiving a child care subsidy among disadvantaged mothers with young children. In particular, we collect data on the location of virtually every human services agency in the U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488416
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50000 people a day : the use of federally funded services for intimate partner violence
Iyengar, Radha; Sabik, Lindsay; Southwork, Cindy; … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003655024
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Faith-based charity and crowd out during the Great Depression
Gruber, Jonathan; Hungerman, Daniel M. - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002832993
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Education and social capital
Helliwell, John F.; Putnam, Robert D. - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001388193