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Are Tall People Less Risk Averse than Others?

Hübler, Olaf - 2012

This paper examines the question of whether risk aversion of prime-age workers is negatively correlated with human height to a statistically significant degree. A variety of estimation methods, tests and specifications yield robust results that permit one to answer this question in the...

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Investment Under Company-Level Pacts

Bellmann, Lutz - 2013

To improve their competitiveness the companies aim to increase the funds available to finance the necessary investments …

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Can Child Care Policy Encourage Employment and Fertility? Evidence from a Structural Model

Haan, Peter - 2009

In this paper we develop a structural model of female employment and fertility which accounts for intertemporal feedback effects between the two outcomes. We identify the effect of financial incentives on the employment and fertility decision by exploiting variation in the tax and transfer...

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Do Tuition Fees Affect the Mobility of University Applicants? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Dwenger, Nadja - 2009

Germany, we estimate the effect of tuition fees on the probability of applying for a university in the home state. We find a …

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The Parental Leave Benefit Reform in Germany : Costs and Labour Market Outcomes of Moving Towards the Scandinavian Model

Spiess, C. Katharina - 2006

Germany is known to have one of the lowest fertility rates among Western European countries and also relatively low … Germany we calculate first-round effects, which assume no behavioural changes and second-round effects, where we take labour …

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Income Taxation and Household Size : Would French Family Splitting Make German Families Better Off?

baclet, alexandre - 2006

in Germany, as it is often claimed in the public debate. We use two micro-data sets and a micro-simulation model to … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France …

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Works Councils, Training and Employee Satisfaction

Bellmann, Lutz - 2018

This paper investigates the role of works councils in job satisfaction. Using the recently developed Linked Personnel Panel, we consider both the direct and indirect impact via further training. Basic estimates on an individual level do not reveal clearly direct effects, but on an establishment...

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Are Working Time Accounts Beneficial for German Establishments?

Bellmann, Lutz - 2016

This contribution investigates whether working time accounts are beneficial for the performance of German establishments. Based on the representative German Establishment Panel of the Institute for Employment Research during the period 2008-2013, effects on productivity, wages, sales, firm size,...

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Skill Shortages in German Establishments

Bellmann, Lutz - 2014

This paper investigates the development of skill shortage during the period 2007-2012. Using the IAB establishment panel, we find differences for the years before, during and after the Great Recession. Furthermore, we analyze the importance of firm characteristics and that of some specific...

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The Nonlinear Link between Height and Wages : An Empirical Investigation

Hübler, Olaf - 2011

This article investigates the relationship between individual wages and height using the German Socio-Economic Panel where five hypotheses are tested. Some explanations of a positive link exist and empirical studies confirm this hypothesis. In contrast to previous investigations which are only...

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