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The optimal choice of a reference standard for income comparisons: indirect evidence from immigrants' return visits
Stichnoth, Holger - 2009
I propose two new tests of Falk and Knell's (2004)prediction that individuals'reference income increases with ability. To overcome the difficulty that the reference income is not observed in existing large data sets, I extend Falk and Knell's model to establish a link between immigrants'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298808
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The optimal choice of a reference standard for income comparisons: indirect evidence from immigrants' return visits
Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
I propose two new tests of Falk and Knell's (2004)prediction that individuals'reference income increases with ability. To overcome the difficulty that the reference income is not observed in existing large data sets, I extend Falk and Knell's model to establish a link between immigrants'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097631
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You can't be happier than your wife: happiness gaps and divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts …. The relation between happiness gaps and divorce may be due to the fact that couples which are unable to transfer utility … are more at risk than others. It may also be the case that assortative mating in terms of happiness baseline-level reduces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299935
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You can't be happier than your wife: happiness gaps and divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts …. The relation between happiness gaps and divorce may be due to the fact that couples which are unable to transfer utility … are more at risk than others. It may also be the case that assortative mating in terms of happiness baseline-level reduces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615607
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Klimapolitik zwischen Markt, Deliberation und Hegemonie: Der Emissionshandel und das Politische
Frick, Marc; Huwe, Vera - 2020
Das Instrument des Emissionshandelssystems (EHS) wird von Umweltökonom:innen an prominenter Stelle zur Bewältigung der ökologischen Krisen sowohl im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs als auch in der Politikberatung empfohlen. Wir arbeiten drei implizite normative Prämissen des Lehrbuchmodells eines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012313235
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Distributional and Behavioural Effects of the German Labour Market Reform
Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2008
We estimate the effects of the reform of the German Unemployment Insurance that replaced the wage related Unemployment Assistance with an income maintenance program and stronger means testing. We model the tax-benefit system and use the Socio-Economic Panel. We estimate a discrete labour supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297991
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Reformen im Niedriglohnsektor: Eine integrierte CGE-Mikrosimulationsstudie der Arbeitsangebots- und Beschäftigungseffekte
Franz, Wolfgang; Guertzgen, Nicole; Schubert, Stefanie; … - 2007
Ziel dieses Beitrags ist die Quantifizierung der mit der Einführung des Arbeitslosengeldes II verbundenen Arbeitsangebots- und Beschäftigungseffekte. Zusätzlich wird ein Reformszenario simuliert, welches die Anreizstruktur im Niedriglohnbereich verbessern soll. Methodisch wird ein...
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An unconditional basic income in the family context: Labor supply and distributional effects
Horstschräer, Julia; Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2010
In this paper we estimate the effects of an unconditional basic income on labor supply and income distribution with a special focus on the incentives to work in the family context. An unconditional basic income guarantees every citizen a minimum income without any means-testing. We simulate a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303004
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Intrinsic work motivation and pension reform acceptance
Heinemann, Friedrich; Hennighausen, Tanja; Moessinger, … - 2011
Although demographic change leaves pay-as-you-go pension systems unsustainable, reforms, such as a higher pension age, are highly unpopular. This contribution looks into the role of intrinsic motivation as a driver for pension reform acceptance. Theoretical reasoning suggests that this driver...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305880
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Steady-state labor supply elasticities: A survey
Bargain, Olivier; Peichl, Andreas - 2013
Previous reviews of static labor supply estimations concentrate mainly on the evidence from the 1980s and 1990s, Anglo-Saxon countries and early generations of labor supply modeling. This paper provides a fresh characterization of steady-state labor supply elasticities for Western Europe and the...
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