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The Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT) in Germany: Evidence from a Quasi Experiment
Spermann, Alexander; Strotmann, Harald - 2005
We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called ?Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)? is a time-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297479
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The Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT) in Germany: Evidence from a Quasi Experiment
Spermann, Alexander; Strotmann, Harald - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called ?Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)? is a time-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098308
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Would you like to supersize your car? The effect of environmental subsidies on emissions
Tsanko, Ilona - 2023
equivalent to the yearly carbon emissions 52,916 households emit due to energy consumption. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339492
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Gregariousness, interactive jobs and wages
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Schulz, Nico Johannes - 2011
Gregariousness is an important aspect of human life with implications for labour market outcomes. The paper examines, to the best of our knowledge for the first time for Germany, gregariousness and social interaction at the workplace and associated wage differentials. Our empirical findings with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304337
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Gregariousness, interactive jobs and wages
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Schulz, Nico Johannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Gregariousness is an important aspect of human life with implications for labour market outcomes. The paper examines, to the best of our knowledge for the first time for Germany, gregariousness and social interaction at the workplace and associated wage differentials. Our empirical findings with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869226
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Impatience among preschool children and their mothers
Kosse, Fabian; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 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/10010307844
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The welfare effects of persuasion and taxation: Theory and evidence from the field
Rodemeier, Matthias; Löschel, Andreas - 2020
How much information should governments reveal to consumers if consumption choices have uninternalized consequences to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012209556
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When nudges fail to scale: Field experimental evidence from goal setting on mobile phones
Löschel, Andreas; Rodemeier, Matthias; Werthschulte, … - 2020
set themselves energy consumption targets. The roll-out of the app is promoted by a mass-marketing campaign and large … effect of the nudge on electricity consumption among app users. A likely mechanism of the null effect is unfavorable self …-selection into the app: users are characterized by an already low baseline energy consumption and exhibit none of the behavioral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267472
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Impatience among preschool children and their mothers
Kosse, Fabian; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 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/10009646610
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R&D and Firm Performance in a Transition Economy
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2006
We estimate the effects of R&D on firms' credit ratings and on financial distress. The main purpose is the comparison of firms in Western Germany and Eastern Germany as a transitional economy. Innovative activity has a positive impact on firm value proxied by ratings in Western Germany, but a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297541