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Computer Use and the Employment Status of Older Workers - an Analysis Based on Individual Data
Schleife, Katrin - 2012
This paper analyzes computer use by older male employees and estimates the impact of computer use on their employment status, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1997 and 2001. In line with previous research on the diffusion of new technologies, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069156
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The Returns to Continuous Training in Germany : New Evidence from Propensity Score Matching Estimators
Mühler, Grit - 2008
consistent with standard human capital theory insofar as general training is associated with larger wage increases than firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012726362
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The subjective costs of health losses due to chronic diseases : an alternative model for monetary appraisal
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2001
- Germany. We find, for instance, that for West-workers hearing impediments are on average equivalent to an income reduction of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435018
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Estimating Dynamic R&D Demand : An Analysis of Costs and Long-Run Benefits
Peters, Bettina; Roberts, Mark J.; Vuong, Van Anh; … - 2013
Using firm-level data from the German manufacturing sector, we estimate a dynamic, structural model of the firm’s decision to invest in R&D and quantify the cost and longrun benefit of this investment. The model incorporates and quantifies linkages between the firm’s R&D investment, product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014152023
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Returns to Education and Individual Heterogeneity
Maier, Michael F.; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Pohlmeier, Winfried - 2008
In this paper, human capital investments are evaluated by assuming heterogeneous returns to education. We use the potential outcome approach to measure the causal effect of human capital investments on earnings as a continuous treatment effect. Empirical evidence is based on a sample of West...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014071301
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Optimal income taxation of married couples : an empirical analysis of joint and individual taxation
Haan, Peter (contributor); Navarro, Dolores (contributor) - 2008
In this paper we develop a discrete model of optimal taxation of married couples and empirically discuss the optimality of income taxation for this group. To this end, we derive the social welfare function which guarantees that joint taxation of married couples is optimal. We will contrast this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779678
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Happiness: revising set point theory and dynamic equilibrium theory to account for long term change
Headey, Bruce (contributor) - 2006
An adequate theory of happiness or subjective well-being (SWB) needs to link at least three sets of variables: stable … satisfaction. Using these data, the paper suggests a major revision to the set point or dynamic equilibrium theory of SWB in order … and Tellegen, 1996). Previously, theory focused on evidence that individuals have their own equilibrium level or set point …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003346302
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Der Einfluss von Persönlichkeitseigenschaften und sozialen Ressourcen auf die Arbeitslosigkeitsdauer
Uhlendorff, Arne - 2003
social resources on the individual length of unemployment in Germany are analysed with data from the German Socio … to new additional findings. In West-Germany mobile persons and actors with internal control find a job more easily while … in East-Germany social capital has a positive influence on the probability of reemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438269
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Estimation of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson inequality indices from complex survey data
Biewen, Martin; Jenkins, Stephen - 2003 - This version: 11 April 2003
Applying a method suggested by Woodruff (1971), we derive the sampling variances of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson inequality indices when estimated from complex survey data. It turns out that this method also greatly simplifies the calculations for the i.i.d. case when compared to previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438447
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Unobservable, but unimportant? : the influence of personality traits (and other usually unobserved variables) for the evaluation of labor market policies
Caliendo, Marco; Mahlstedt, Robert; Mitnik, Oscar A. - 2014
unemployment in Germany, as well as several usually unobserved characteristics like personality traits, attitudes, expectations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010400598