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Human Capital Investments in Children: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Parent-Child Shared Time in Selected Countries
Merz, Joachim; Österbacka, Eva; Zick, Cathleen D. - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 2010
composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642749
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Human capital investments in children: A comparative analysis of the role of parent-child shared time in selected countries
Österbacka, Eva; Merz, Joachim; Zick, Cathleen D. - 2010
composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272656
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The Impact of German Job Protection Legislation on Job Creation in Small Establishments - An Application of the Regression Discontinuity Design
Merz, Joachim - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 2005
One proposal frequently raised to increase flexibility of the German labour market is the liberalization of the job protection law. It applies to those establishments with more than a cut-off number of employees. The argument examined in this paper is that this step in legal regulation hinders...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535605
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Are Retirees More Satisfied? Anticipation and Adaptation Effects: A Causal Panel Analysis of German Statutory Insured and Civil Service Pensioners
Merz, Joachim - 2022
adaptation retirement effects of statutory insured and civil service pensioners in Germany. Main findings: The occupational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177781
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Human Capital Investments in Children: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Parent-Child Shared Time in Selected Countries
Österbacka, Eva; Merz, Joachim; Zick, Cathleen D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548723
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Existenzgründung - Wie werde ich selbständig, wie werde ich Freiberufler? Ein Leitfaden
Merz, Joachim; Loest, Olaf; Simon, André - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 1999
empirical presentation of the development of the entrepreneurs and professions in Germany, a manual on how to reach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552144
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Equivalence Scales Based on Revealed Preference Consumption Expenditure Microdata - The Case of West Germany zu Lüneburg
Merz, Joachim; Faik, Jürgen - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 1994
Germany 1983. It is a part of a joint US and German research project comparing equivalence scales with consistent methods and … Germany based on actual available individual consumption expenditure data shows a variety of interesting results with regard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493969
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Two Scales, One Methodology - Expenditure Based Equivalence Scales for the United States and Germany
Merz, Joachim; Garner, Thesia; Smeeding, Timothy M.; … - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 1994
based on a revealed preference consumption approach for West Germany and the United States. We review several approaches and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493971
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Relative Inequality and Poverty in Germany and the United States Using Alternative Equivalence Scales
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Smeeding, Timothy M.; Merz, Joachim - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 1994
-specific equivalence scales developed for Germany and the United States by Merz et al. (1993). We verify previous studies that show that … inequality and the incidence of poverty are greater in the United States than in Germany. Overall inequality and poverty levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493974
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Are Retirees More Satisfied? Anticipation and Adaptation Effects of Retirement on Subjective Well-Being: A Panel Analysis for Germany
Merz, Joachim - 2018
prominent events – is also to discover for life satisfaction before and after retirement in Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931797