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Does marginal employment substitute regular employment? : a heterogeneous dynamic labor demand approach for Germany
Jacobi, Lena (contributor); Schaffner, Sandra (contributor) - 2008
In Germany we observe a decline in regular employment and an increase in atypical forms of employment. Especially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003740199
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Smoking in Germany : stylized facts, behavioral models, and health policy
Göhlmann, Silja (contributor);  … - 2008
distinct focus on Germany, the three most important and still largely open questions in the design and implementation of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003745074
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Fiscal effects of minimum wages : an analysis for Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; … - 2008
Against the background of the current discussion on the introduction of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper … from a structural labor demand model, the empirical results imply that the introduction of minimum wages in Germany will be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003785063
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Killing them with kindness : negative distributional externalities of increasing UI benefits
Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Vorell, Matthias - 2009
Of the many labour market Hartz IV reforms that have been implemented in Germany since 2005, the role of short …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861427
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Benefiting from publicly funded pre-competitive research : differences between insiders and outsiders
Eckl, Verena; Engel, Dirk - 2009
spillovers of pre-competitive publicly funded Industrial Collective Research (ICR) in Germany. The ICR aims to compensate for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861480
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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/10003824840
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The impact of a large parental leave benefit reform on the timing of birth around the day of Implementation
Tamm, Marcus - 2009
The introduction of the German parental leave benefit (Elterngeld) applied to all children born on January 1st, 2007 or later. The new Elterngeld considerably changed the amount of transfers to families during the first two years postpartum. We show that the incentives created by using a cut-off...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824845
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Identifying free-riding in energy-conservation programs using revealed preference data
Grösche, Peter; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Vance, Colin - 2009
the free-rider share using revealed preference data on home renovations from Germany's residential sector. We employ a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824849
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Co-pay and feel okay : evidence of illusory health gains from a health insurance reform
Paloyo, Alfredo R. - 2009
of Germany in 2004 as a source of exogenous variation. Among others, the reform introduced a co-payment for ambulatory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884986
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The effect of subsidizing continuous training investments : evidence from German establishment data
Görlitz, Katja - 2009
This paper evaluates the impact of a training voucher program on establishments' investments in further training. The voucher program that was implemented in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia increased training incentives for employees in small and medium-sized establishments by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900906