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Heterogeneity in the effect of home energy audits : theory and evidence
Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2012
A longstanding question in the study of energy demand concerns the role of information as a determinant of home …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580164
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The impact of resource efficiency measures on performance in small and medium-sized enterprises
Horbach, Jens - 2016
The profitability of green investment is crucial for the diffusion of the resulting technologies but the knowledge about these effects is still limited. Positive performance effects may be based on cost savings stemming from the introduction of cleaner production processes connected with lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538669
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Choice of received long-term care : individual responses to regional nursing home provisions
Pilny, Adam; Stroka, Magdalena A. - 2014
of care. Until now, however, the regional in-patient long-term care supply has been neglected as influential factor in … taking the regional supply of nursing homes into account. When estimating a discrete choice model, we distinguish between … significantly correlated with the regional supply of nursing home places, while controlling for physical and psychological …
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Digitalisation and sustainability strategies at the firm level
Horbach, Jens - 2023
The paper analyses the relationship between digitalisation and sustainability strategies at the firm level. In a first step, operational definitions of digitalisation and sustainability allowing the development of fitting empirical indicators are discussed. The possible technical and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228436
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Natural disasters and governmental aid : is there a charity hazard?
Andor, Mark Andreas; Osberghaus, Daniel; Simora, Michael - 2017
In the aftermath of natural disasters, governments frequently provide financial aid for affected households. This policy can have adverse effects if individuals anticipate it and forgo private precaution measures. While theoretical literature unequivocally suggests this so called “charity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011782550
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Geographic constraints and the housing supply elasticity in Germany
Beze, Eyayaw - 2023
The study estimates the housing supply elasticity and the impact of geographic constraints in Germany from 2008 …-2019 using the Bartik instrument. The results show that the housing supply is, on average, inelastic, with a floorspace … housing supply elasticity across districts. Notably, high development intensity decreases the elasticity, while the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228596
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Does product market competition decrease employers' training investments? : evidence from German establishment panel data
Görlitz, Katja (contributor); Stiebale, Joel (contributor) - 2008
Using a large panel data set of German manufacturing establishments, this paper investigates the impact of competition on training incidence as well as on the number of trained workers. According to theory, one would expect a negative relationship between product market competition and firms'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725752
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The development of employers' training investments over time : a decomposition analysis using German establishment data
Goerlitz, Katja (contributor) - 2009
Using establishment data covering the time period 1997 to 2007, this paper investigates trends of employer-sponsored further training in Germany, with a focus on the share of establishments that undertake training investments. I find an increasing trend for West and East German establishments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811801
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Taxing education in Ramsey's tradition
Richter, Wolfram F. - 2009
Assuming a two-period model with endogenous choices of labour, education, and saving, it is shown to be second-best efficient to deviate from Ramsey's Rule and to distort qualified labour less than nonqualified labour. Furthermore, if the earnings function displays constant elasticity, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884978
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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