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Die Nachhaltigkeit von geförderten Existenzgründungen aus Arbeitslosigkeit: eine Bilanz nach fünf Jahren
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Wießner, Frank - 2008
Die Ich-AG (Existenzgründungszuschuss) war eines der zentralen Instrumente, das im Rahmen der Hartz-Reformen in den arbeitsmarktpolitischen Kanon aufgenommen wurde. Zusammen mit dem bereits seit langem bekannten Überbrückungsgeld wurden damit zwischen 2003 und 2006 mehr als eine Million...
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Migration, openness and the global preconditions of "smart development"
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2011
In this article, we present a first empirical reflection on 'smart development', its measurement, possible 'drivers' and 'bottlenecks'. We first provide cross-national data on how much ecological footprint is used in the nations of the world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282204
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The effects of pharmacological treatment of ADHD on children's health
Dalsgaard, Søren; Skyt Nielsen, Helena; Simonsen, Marianne - 2012
We are the first to investigate longer-term effects of pharmacological treatment of ADHD on children's health. We rely on a difference-in-differences strategy while exploiting Danish register-based panel data for children born in 1990-1999. We study effects of treatment initiated between ages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287616
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Die Nachhaltigkeit von geförderten Existenzgründungen aus Arbeitslosigkeit: Eine Bilanz nach fünf Jahren
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Wießner, Frank - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Die Ich-AG (Existenzgründungszuschuss) war eines der zentralen Instrumente, das im Rahmen der "Hartz-Reformen" in den arbeitsmarktpolitischen Kanon aufgenommen wurde. Zusammen mit dem bereits seit langem bekannten Überbrückungsgeld wurden damit zwischen 2003 und 2006 mehr als eine Million...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566692
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282579
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Immigrant workers and farm performance: Evidence from matched employer-employee data
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Aastrup … - 2013
Many developed countries have recently experienced a significant inflow of immigrants in the agricultural sector. At the same time, the sector is still in a process of structural transformation resulting in fewer but bigger and presumably more efficient farms. In this paper, we exploit detailed...
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Revisiting the income-health nexus: the importance of choosing the 'right' indicator
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010
We show that the choice of the welfare measure has a substantial impact on the degree of welfare-related health inequality. Combining various income and wealth measures with different health measures, we calculate 80 health concentration indices. The influence of the welfare measure is more...
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Beyond GDP and back: What is the value-added by additional components of welfare measurement?
Kassenböhmer, Sonja C.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2011
Recently, building on the highly polarizing Stiglitz report, a growing literature suggests that statistical offices and applied researchers explore other aspects of human welfare apart from material well-being, such as job security, crime, health, environmental factors and subjective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274684
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Dann waren’s nur noch vier...Wie viele (und welche) Maßnahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik brauchen wir noch? Eine Bilanz nach der Evaluation der Hartz-Reformen
Eichhorst, Werner; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
policies in Germany were overhauled considerably. The paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusion … for the future setup of active labor market policies in Germany. It argues in favor of a streamlined repertoire of active … placement vouchers) and calls for a systematic evaluation of all schemes not scrutinized so far. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762166
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Publications: German economic research institutes on track
Ketzler, Rolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007
themselves. Based on publications in academic journals, the central criterion of research evaluation, research output has …
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