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Conducting Interactive Experiments Online
Arechar, Antonio - 2017
interactive experiments via the Internet is adequate and reliable, making online interactive experimentation a valuable complement …
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Does the Internet Increase the Job Finding Rate? Evidence from a Period of Internet Expansion
Denzer, Manuel - 2018
We examine the impact of household access to the internet on job finding rates in Germany during a period (2006 …-2009) in which internet access increased rapidly, and job-seekers increased their use of the internet as a search tool. During … this period, household access to the internet was almost completely dependent on connection to a particular technology (DSL …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911195
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Consumer Search Costs and Preferences on the Internet
Jolivet, Grégory - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043670
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Effects of an Online Self-Assessment Tool on Teachers' Digital Competencies
Abbiati, Giovanni; Azzolini, Davide; Balanskat, Anja; … - 2023
We evaluate the effects of an online self-assessment tool on teachers' competencies and beliefs about ICT in education. The causal impact of the tool is evaluated through a randomized encouragement design, involving 7,391 lower secondary teachers across 11 European countries. Short-run impact...
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Producer Protection Legislation and Termination Damages in the Presence of Contracting Frictions
Wu, Steven Y. - 2009
This study models producer protection legislation that would grant growers the right to claim damages (PPLD) if their contracts are prematurely terminated. In the absence of contracting frictions that prevent contractors from redesigning contracts to accommodate exogenous policy changes, PPLD...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013156403
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Greasing the Wheels of International Commerce : How Services Facilitate Firms' International Sourcing
Debaere, Peter Marcel - 2010
We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of manufacturing firms to source materials from abroad. To guide our empirical analysis we develop a monopolistic-competition model of the materials sourcing decisions of heterogeneous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148078
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Savings, Asset Holdings, and Temporary Migration
Dustmann, Christian - 2011
This paper analyzes savings and asset holdings of immigrants in relation to their return plans. We argue that savings and asset accumulation may be affected by return plans of immigrants. Further, the way savings and assets are held in the home- and host country may also be related to future...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129924
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Aggregation in Large Dynamic Panels
Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2011
concludes with an empirical application to consumer price inflation in Germany, France and Italy, and re-examines the extent to …
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Profit Sharing and Training
Kraft, Kornelius - 2011
We analyze the impact of profit sharing on the share of workers receiving training. An effect is plausible because: 1) profit sharing is a credible commitment by firms to reward firm-specific skills acquired by formal or informal training, 2) profit sharing may reduce turnover and increase the...
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Multidimensional Affluence : Theory and Applications to Germany and the US
Peichl, Andreas - 2011
-being in Germany and the US in 2007 as well as for the US over the period 1989-2007. We find distinct country differences with … the country ranking depending on the measure. While in Germany wealth predominantly contributes to the intensity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120839