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Social Jealousy and Stigma: Negative Externalities of Social Assistance Payments in Germany
Kassenböhmer, Sonja C.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2009
increased SAP payments controlling for income, whether or not they actually receive such payments (stigma and social jealousy … those who do receive benefits (stigma) suggesting that social jealousy and stigma are a force to be reckoned with when … and stigma costs, whereas child benefits (Kindergeld) are seen to enhance life satisfaction over and above a simple income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274379
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Social Jealousy and Stigma: Negative Externalities of Social Assistance Payments in Germany
Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
increased SAP payments controlling for income, whether or not they actually receive such payments (stigma and social jealousy … those who do receive benefits (stigma) suggesting that social jealousy and stigma are a force to be reckoned with when … and stigma costs, whereas child benefits (Kindergeld) are seen to enhance life satisfaction over and above a simple income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005024328
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Child Benefit Reform and Labor Market Participation
Tamm, Marcus - 2009
This paper examines the impact of a change in the German child benefit system in 1996, which led to a large increase in lump sum transfers to families with children. We analyze the impact on the labor force participation of family members. Comparing behavioral changes of adults with children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265782
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The Effect of Saving Subsidies on Household Saving – Evidence from Germanys
Corneo, Giacomo; Keese, Matthias; Schröder, Carsten - 2010
Since 2002 the German government seeks to stimulate private retirement savings by means of special allowances and tax exemptions - the so-called Riester scheme. We apply matching and panel regression techniques to assess the impact of the Riester scheme on households' propensities to save in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272759
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The Eff ect of Saving Subsidies on Household Saving – Evidence from Germanys
Corneo, Giacomo; Keese, Matthias; Schröder, Carsten - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2010
Since 2002 the German government seeks to stimulate private retirement savings by means of special allowances and tax exemptions – the so-called Riester scheme. We apply matching and panel regression techniques to assess the impact of the Riester scheme on households’ propensities to save in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518182
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Child Benefit Reform and Labor Market Participation
Tamm, Marcus - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
This paper examines the impact of a change in the German child benefit system in 1996, which led to a large increase in lump sum transfers to families with children.We analyze the impact on the labor force participation of family members. Comparing behavioral changes of adults with children with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005178229
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Intuition and Reasoning in Choosing Ambiguous and Risky Lotteries
Bergheim, Ralf; Roos, Michael W. M. - 2013
This paper focuses on information acquisition and individual decision making in ambiguous situations and presents a novel experimental design which may help to tackle open questions from a fresh perspective. Instead of giving subjects the choice between risky and ambiguous Ellsberg urns, we let...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331335
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Information Acquisition and Decisions under Risk and Ambiguity
Bergheim, Ralf - 2014
This paper experimentally investigates individual information acquisition and decisions in ambiguous situations in which the degree of ambiguity can endogenously and individually be decreased by the subjects. In particular, I analyze how risk aversion, ambiguity attitude and personality traits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368131
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Teaching in the Lab: Financial Incentives in the Education Process
Helbach, Christoph; Keldenich, Klemens - 2012
This study uses a laboratory experiment to analyze the effectiveness of performance-based monetary incentives in the teaching process. The process of knowledge transmission is recreated using a video-stream. Four different teacher payment schemes are compared, three of which depend on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287296
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Teaching in the Lab: Financial Incentives in the Education Process
Helbach, Christoph; Keldenich, Klemens - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
This study uses a laboratory experiment to analyze the effectiveness of performance-based monetary incentives in the teaching process. The process of knowledge transmission is recreated using a video-stream. Four different teacher payment schemes are compared, three of which depend on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860291