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The Returns to Education for Opportunity Entrepreneurs, Necessity Entrepreneurs and Paid Employees

Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias - 2012

employment options. We expect differences in the returns to education between these groups because of different levels of control …

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Equality of Opportunity : East vs. West Germany

Peichl, Andreas - 2015

The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990. Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...

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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany

Peichl, Andreas - 2013

increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies … on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account household size. Therefore, there is an obvious link between these …

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Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity : Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?

Caliendo, Marco - 2011

Experimental evidence reveals that there is a strong willingness to trust and to act in both positively and negatively reciprocal ways. So far it is rarely analyzed whether these variables of social cognition influence everyday decision making behavior. We focus on entrepreneurs who are...

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Risky Earnings, Taxation and Entrepreneurial Choice : A Microeconometric Model for Germany

Fossen, Frank M. - 2008

model of occupational choice, higher expected after-tax earnings attract people to self-employment, while more risky net … earnings deter risk-averse individuals. In this paper I analyse the expected value and variance of income in self-employment … and dependent employment empirically, accounting for selection. Based on this analysis, structural models of self-employment …

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Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US : New Results

Bargain, Olivier - 2013

the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are netted out by using a harmonized empirical … regions, consistent with complementarity in spouses' leisure in the US versus substitution in spouses' household production in …

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The Politicians’ Wage Gap : Insights from German Members of Parliament

Peichl, Andreas - 2011

Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income, this paper analyzes the politicians' wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for selection into politics, we find a positive PWG...

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