unemployment insurance benefits on the duration of joblessness in Austria, where the benefit schedule has kinks at the minimum and …

-in-difference approaches, this paper exploits an unanticipated reform in Austria which extended the maximum duration of paid and job protected …

the threshold. Exploiting such a notch in Austria, we provide transparent and credible identification of the effect of …

unemployment benefits on the duration of joblessness in Austria, and discuss implementation issues that may arise in similar …

policy parameters: (i) DI eligibility rules and (ii) DI benefits. Causal evidence from two DI reforms in Austria generate …

This paper provides a broad overview of recent trends in solid waste and recycling, related public policy issues, and … the economics literature devoted to these topics. Public attention to solid waste and recycling has increased dramatically … makers choose the efficient mix of policy levers to regulate solid waste and recycling activities. Economists have also …

This paper estimates the impact of a user fee and a curbside recycling program on garbage and recycling amounts … policies and the levels of garbage and recycling collected in the community. A simple sequential model of local policymaking is … cross-section of towns without user fees but with and without curbside recycling programs. The combined data set is larger …

This paper develops a utility maximizing model of household choice among garbage disposal, recycling, and littering … recycling. The model explains (1) why some households participate in curbside recycling programs even in the absence of a user …-wide quantities of garbage, recycling, and litter. We show how an increase in the user fee can decrease aggregate recycling …