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Wage Elasticity of the Teacher Supply in Switzerland
Wolter, Stefan C.; Denzler, Stefan - 2003
In order to learn more about the wage elasticity of the teacher supply in Switzerland, this paper estimates wages for … to the fact that teachers? salaries are generally high in Switzerland - teachers here enjoy a positive wage differential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261950
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Does Subsidised Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Steiger, Heidi - 2002
schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262619
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Exploiting regional treatment intensity for the evaluation of labour market policies
Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2006
We estimate the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on subsequent employment by nonparametric instrumental variables and matching estimators. Very informative administrative Swiss data with detailed regional information are combined with exogenous regional variation in programme...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267957
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Money matters: evidence from a large-scale randomized field experiment with vouchers for adult training
Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009
This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice. User behavior was compared with a control group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268953
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Effects of adult education vouchers on the labor market: Evidence from a randomized field experiment
Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; … - 2011
education in Switzerland. We find no significant average effects of voucher-induced adult education on earnings, employment, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277272
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Work to live or live to work? Unemployment, happiness, and culture
Krause, Annabelle - 2011
by cultural background. To test the hypothesis of a 'Teutonic work ethic', this paper takes advantage of Switzerland in … significantly negative effect on life satisfaction in Switzerland. I furthermore present evidence which confirms to some extent the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282372
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Child Expenditure: The Role of Working Mothers, Lone Parents, Sibling Composition and Household Provision
Farrell, Lisa; Shields, Michael A. - 2001
expenditure patterns of school-age children. We estimate a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System, and find that, whilst most … vice products (alcohol, cigarettes and gambling). Having a working mother increases child expenditure on food products and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262592
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Evaluation of the underground economy in Quebec: A microeconomic approach
Fortin, Bernard; Lacroix, Guy; Pinard, Dominique - 2010
-employment but not from paid work, from which taxes are directly deducted. We estimate a consumer demand system in which the marginal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278413
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Evaluation of the Underground Economy in Quebec: A Microeconomic Approach
Fortin, Bernard; Lacroix, Guy; Pinard, Dominique - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
-employment but not from paid work, from which taxes are directly deducted. We estimate a consumer demand system in which the marginal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777154
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Fetal Malnutrition and Academic Success: Evidence from Muslim Immigrants in Denmark
Greve, Jane; Schultz-Nielsen, Marie Louise; Tekin, Erdal - 2015
This paper examines the impact of potential fetal malnutrition on the academic proficiency of Muslim students in Denmark. We account for the endogeneity of fetal malnutrition by using the exposure to the month of Ramadan during time in utero as a natural experiment, under the assumption that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345387