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The causal effects of an industrial policy
Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf; Overman, Henry; Van … - 2012
positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects …,300 suggesting that in some respects investment subsidies can be cost effective. …
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Wirksamkeit der Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung vor und nach den Hartz-Reformen
Bonin, Holger; Schneider, Hilmar - 2006
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of occupational training programs for the unemployed before and after the substantial amendments in German labor market legislation known as Hartz reforms. Based on the official evaluation of the reforms, we show that program impacts vary much across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267339
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Der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland: zwischen Strukturreformen und sozialpolitischem Reflex
Eichhorst, Werner - 2007
Die Arbeitsmarktreformen der letzten Jahre haben die strukturellen Anpassungsprobleme des deutschen Beschäftigungsmodells zum Teil gelindert - allerdings sind noch längst nicht alle Schwierigkeiten überwunden. Für die Zukunft besteht die zentrale Herausforderung darin, eine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268294
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Reforming German labor market institutions: a dual path to flexibility
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2009
Germany has always been one of the prime examples of institutional complementarities between social insurance, a rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268995
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Taxing childcare: Effects on family labor supply and children
Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - 2012
Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282633
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Employment effects of welfare reforms: evidence from a dynamic structural life-cycle model
Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2008
place in Germany, towards a more Anglo-American system in which a large proportion of transfers are paid to the working poor. …
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Can training programs or rather wage subsidies bring the unemployed back to work? A theoretical and empirical investigation for Germany
Neubäumer, Renate - 2010
administrative data set from Germany and statistical matching techniques. Our treatment groups consist of unemployed persons taking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271391
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The targeted negative income tax (TNIT) in Germany: evidence from a quasi experiment
Spermann, Alexander; Strotmann, Harald - 2006
We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control ….8 percentage points. Since January 1st, 2005, TNIT can be offered to all means-tested long-term unemployed people in Germany by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267334
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Before and after the Hartz reforms: the performance of active labour market policy in Germany
Jacobi, Lena; Kluve, Jochen - 2006
Having faced high unemployment rates for more than a decade, the German government implemented a comprehensive set of labour market reforms during the period 2003-2005. This paper describes the economic and institutional context of the German labour market before and after these so-called Hartz...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267454
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Employment effects of the provision of specific professional skills and techniques in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Speckesser, Stefan - 2005
effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the provision of specific … Germany compared to East Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267544