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The KfW/ZEW start-up panel : design and research potential

Fryges, Helmut; Gottschalk, Sandra; Kohn, Karsten - 2009

So far, there has been no data set which observes firm formations in Germany not only on a cross-sectional basis using one-time surveys, but continuously over a number of years. Therefore, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), KfW Bankengruppe and Creditreform set up a panel study of...

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Unwillingness to pay for privacy : a field experiment

Beresford, Alastair R.; Kübler, Dorothea; Preibusch, Sören - 2010

We measure willingness to pay for privacy in a field experiment. Participants were given the choice to buy a maximum of one DVD from one of two online stores. One store consistently required more sensitive personal data than the other, but otherwise the stores were identical. In one treatment,...

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Anonymous job applications of fresh Ph.D. economists

Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011

Discrimination in recruitment decisions is well documented. Anonymous job applications may reduce discriminatory behavior in hiring. This paper analyzes the potential of this approach in a randomized experiment with fresh Ph.D. economists on the academic job market using data from a...

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Anonymous job applications in Europe

Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012

Numerous empirical studies find a substantial extent of discrimination in hiring decisions. Anonymous job applications have gained attention and popularity to identify and combat this form of discrimination. To test whether their intended effects result in practice, in several European countries...

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Image versus information : changing societal norms and optimal privacy

Ali, S. Nageeb; Bénabou, Roland - 2016

We analyze the costs and benefits of using social image to foster virtuous behavior. A Principal seeks to motivate reputation-conscious agents to supply a public good. Each agent chooses how much to contribute based on his own mix of public-spiritedness, private signal about the value of the...

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Memorandum : Erfolgsbedingungen empirischer Wirtschaftsforschung und empirisch gestuetzter wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischer Beratung

Hauser, Richard; Wagner, Gert G.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

Based on the hypothesis that microdata are of crucial importance for internationally competitive economic research and scientific advice in economic and social policy, the authors develop various proposals for an improved data supply for empirical work in Germany. Present shortcomings are mainly...

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Microdata for social sciences and policy evaluation as a public good

Trivellato, Ugo - 2017

The balance between the right to privacy and the right to freedom of information is altered when scientific research comes into play, because of its inherent needs and societal function. This paper argues that, for research purposes, microdata should be characterised as a public good. The...

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Using Internet data to analyse the labour market : a methodological enquiry

Kureková, Lucia Mýtna; Beblavý, Miroslav; Thum, … - 2014

With the growth of the Internet, online job portals have become an important medium for job matching. This paper …

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Consumer search costs and preferences on the internet

Jolivet, Grégory; Turon, Hélène - 2014

We analyse consumers' search and purchase decisions on an Internet platform. Using a rich dataset on all adverts posted … and transactions made on a major French Internet platform (PriceMinister), we show evidence of substantial price …

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Internet job search and unemployment durations

Kuhn, Peter Joseph; Skuterud, Mikal - 2002

diffusion of internet access in the late 1990's. Which types of persons incorporated the internet into their job search strategy … internet job search derived from the December 1998 and August 2000 CPS Computer and Internet Supplements, matched with job … search outcomes from subsequent CPS files. We find that internet searchers are positively selected on observables, but …

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