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Discounting financial literacy : time preferences and participation in financial education programs

Meier, Stephan (contributor); Sprenger, Charles (contributor) - 2008

Many policy makers and economists argue that financial literacy is key to financial well-being. But why do many individuals remain financially illiterate despite the apparent importance of being financially informed? This paper presents results of a field study linking individual decisions to...

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From illegal to legal : estimating previous illegal experience among new legal immigrants to the United States

Jasso, Guillermina; Massey, Douglas S.; Rosenzweig, … - 2008

This paper develops a framework for estimating previous illegal experience among annual cohorts of new legal immigrants to the United States - using public-use administrative microdata alone, survey data alone, and the two jointly - and provides estimates for the FY 1996 cohort of new...

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Risk aversion and sorting into public sector employment

Pfeifer, Christian (contributor) - 2008

This research note uses two German data sets the large-scale German Socio-Economic Panel and unique data from own student questionnaires to analyse the relationship between risk aversion and the choice for public sector employment. Main results are: (1) more risk averse individuals sort into...

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Die Nachhaltigkeit von geförderten Existenzgründungen aus Arbeitslosigkeit : eine Bilanz nach fünf Jahren

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Künn, Steffen (contributor); … - 2008

Die Ich-AG (Existenzgründungszuschuss) war eines der zentralen Instrumente, das im Rahmen der "Hartz-Reformen" in den arbeitsmarktpolitischen Kanon aufgenommen wurde. Zusammen mit dem bereits seit langem bekannten Überbrückungsgeld wurden damit zwischen 2003 und 2006 mehr als eine Million...

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Kombilöhne und Mindestlöhne als Instrumente der Beschäftigungspolitik : Erfahrungen und Handlungsoptionen

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor) - 2006

The paper reviews national and international experiences with different combinations of in-work benefits, subsidized employment, statutory minimum wages and implicit minimum wages defined by social assistance provisions. It calls for a cautious approach regarding the introduction of additional...

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Beschäftigung Älterer in Deutschland : der unvollständige Paradigmenwechsel

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor) - 2006

Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than in many other European countries. The paper explains this by institutional factors that affect labor supply, labor demand and matching, i.e. labor market regulation, human...

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Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf : wie konsistent sind die Reformen?

Eichhorst, Werner; Thode, Eric - 2009

Erwerbstätigkeit und Familiengründung zu einer echten Entweder-oder-Entscheidung. In Deutschland und vielen anderen OECD-Ländern wurden … Jahre kohärent ausgestaltet waren und die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf verbessert haben. Beim Blick auf Deutschland … dem zum Teil entgegen. Insgesamt befindet sich Deutschland in einer durchaus widersprüchlichen Übergangssituation …

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Workfare : eine wirksame Alternative zum Kombilohn

Bonin, Holger (contributor); Schneider, Hilmar (contributor) - 2006

In the debate on in-work benefits in Germany it is often overlooked that such subsidies may only be effective if basic minimum income is remarkably decreased for those who are employable. However, proposals following this principle will hardly achieve political consensus as can be derived from...

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Die Wirkung der Hartz-Reform im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung

Schneider, Hilmar (contributor); … - 2006

The so-called Hartz reform has introduced fundamental changes for publicly sponsored training in Germany. This concerns primarily the emission of training vouchers as an exclusive allocation device, allowing potential participants free choice among training providers within a given training...

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Der vormoderne Allokationsprozess von Arbeit in Deutschland

Pierenkemper, Toni; Kendzia, Michael J. - 2010

The paper provides a historical overview of the pre-modern allocation of work within the territory of the later Germany from the 18th until the middle of the 19th century. We explore how the social allocation of work during the feudal system took place and trace back the development of wage...

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