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Impatience among Preschool Children and Their Mothers
Kosse, Fabian; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
Using experimental data of children and their mothers, this paper explores the intergenerational relationship of impatience. The child's impatience stems from a delay of gratification experiment. Mother's impatience has been assessed by a choice task where the mothers faced trade-offs between a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652509
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Benefit-Entitlement Effects and the Duration of Unemployment: An Ex-ante Evaluation of Recent Labour Market Reforms in Germany
Schmitz, Hendrik; Steiner, Viktor - 2007
We analyse benefit-entitlement effects and the likely impact of the recent reform of the unemployment compensation … system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre … are eligible to means-tested unemployment assistance after the exhaustion of unemployment benefit, but not for those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600692
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Unhappiness and job finding
Gielen, Anne C.; van Ours, Jan C. - 2012
It is puzzling that people feel quite unhappy when they become unemployed, while at the same time active labor market policies are needed to bring unemployed back to work more quickly. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigate whether there is indeed such a puzzle. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286905
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Benefit-Entitlement Effects and the Duration of Unemployment: An Ex-ante Evaluation of Recent Labour Market Reforms in Germany
Schmitz, Hendrik; Steiner, Viktor - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
We analyse benefit-entitlement effects and the likely impact of the recent reform of the unemployment compensation … system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre … are eligible to means-tested unemployment assistance after the exhaustion of unemployment benefit, but not for those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017406
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Unhappiness and Job Finding
Gielen, Anne C.; Ours, Jan C. van - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
It is puzzling that people feel quite unhappy when they become unemployed, while at the same time active labor market policies are needed to bring unemployed back to work more quickly. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigate whether there is indeed such a puzzle. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541302
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Discrimination in hiring based on potential and realized fertility: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment
Becker, Sascha O.; Fernandes, Ana; Weichselbaumer, Doris - 2019
Due to conventional gender norms, women are more likely to be in charge of childcare than men. From an employer's perspective, in their fertile age they are also at "risk" of pregnancy. Both factors potentially affect hiring practices of firms. We conduct a large-scale correspondence test in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012027095
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Is a temporary job better than unemployment? A cross-country comparison based on Britsh, German, and Swiss panel data
Gebel, Michael - 2013
with a permanent contract, this study compares temporary work to the alternative of unemployment. Specifically, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292384
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The dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Germany: State dependence before and after the 'Hartz reforms'
Königs, Sebastian - 2014
In this article, we study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1995-2011. We show that there is considerable observed state dependence, with an average persistence rate in benefits of 68%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334230
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The Dynamics of Social Assistance Benefit Receipt in Germany: State Dependence before and after the 'Hartz Reforms'
Königs, Sebastian - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
In this article, we study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1995-2011. We show that there is considerable observed state dependence, with an average persistence rate in benefits of 68%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128981
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Is a Temporary Job Better than Unemployment?: A Cross-Country Comparison Based on British, German, and Swiss Panel Data
Gebel, Michael - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
with a permanent contract, this study compares temporary work to the alternative of unemployment. Specifically, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787017