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Nyborg, Karine - 2015

International climate negotiations have been troubled by mutual mistrust. At the same time, a hope seems to prevail that once enough countries moved forward, others would follow suit. If the abatement game faced by climate negotiators is a Prisoners' Dilemma, and countries are narrowly...

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Extreme weather events and climate change : economic impacts and adaptation policies

Ferreira, Susana - 2024

This article reviews the literature on the economic impacts of disasters caused by extreme weather and climate events to draw lessons on how societies can better manage these risks. While evidence that richer, better governed societies suffer less and recover faster from climate extremes...

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Managers' risk preferences and firm training investments

Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Pfeifer, Harald; … - 2022

We provide the first estimates of the impact of managers' risk preferences on their training allocation decisions. Our conceptual framework links managers' risk preferences to firms' training decisions through the bonuses they expect to receive. Risk-averse managers are expected to select...

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Measuring richness and poverty : a micro data application to Europe and Germany

Peichl, Andreas (contributor); Schaefer, Thilo (contributor) - 2008

demonstrate the application of these new measures to analyze the development of poverty and richness over time in Germany, to … compare Germany to many other European countries and to investigate the impact of tax reforms on poverty and richness. Using …

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Kombilöhne und Mindestlöhne als Instrumente der Beschäftigungspolitik : Erfahrungen und Handlungsoptionen

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor) - 2006

approach regarding the introduction of additional minimum wages in Germany and more generous in-work benefits combined with an … unchanged level of social assistance. -- in-work benefits ; minimum wages ; subsidized employment ; Germany …

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Productivity and size of the export market : evidence for West and East German plants, 2004

Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2007

first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between productivity and size of the export market for Germany, a leading … actor on the world market for manufactured goods. It documents that firms that export to countries inside the euro-zone are … more productive than firms that sell their products in Germany only, but less productive than firms that export to …

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Labor market adjustments after a large import shock : evidence from the German clothing industry and the multi-fibre arrangement

Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009

industries and occupations. -- Import shock ; adjustment ; clothing industry ; Germany …

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Cross-national surveys of learning achievement : how robust are the findings?

Brown, Giorgina; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; … - 2005

International surveys of learning achievement and functional literacy are increasingly common. We consider two aspects of the robustness of their results. First, we compare results from four surveys: TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS and IALS. This contrasts with the standard approach which is to analyse a...

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Advising policymakers through the media

Zimmermann, Klaus F. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Why does happiness respond differently to an increase vs. decrease in income?

Easterlin, Richard A. - 2021

The answer is that people's evaluations of their income situation are based on different considerations when the economy is expanding and when it is contracting. When, in the course of economic growth, incomes generally are rising, evaluations tend to be dominated by "social comparison" - what...

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