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Short-run fertility effects of parental leave benefits : evidence from a structural model
Stichnoth, Holger - 2014
Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state … generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a short-term fertility effect of about 4%, which is consistent with … recent quasi-experimental evidence. The fertility effect is strongest for first births and increases with income. We use the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416349
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How do employment tax credits work? : an analysis of the German inheritance tax
Franke, Benedikt; Simons, Dirk; Voeller, Dennis - 2014
Employment tax credit programs have been repeatedly used during economic crises, although their usefulness is empirically contestable. The objective of this paper is to quantify the tax effects of employment tax credit programs. A recent revision of the German inheritance tax law provides an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010425607
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Does innovation stimulate employment? : a firm-level analysis using comparable micro-data from four uropean countries
Harrison, Rupert; Jaumandreu Balanzo, Jordi; Mairesse, … - 2008
innovative and unchanged products is developed and estimated using comparable firm-level data from France, Germany, Spain and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793866
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Is Portugal really so arteriosclerotic? : results from a cross-country analysis of labor adjustment
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 1999
Reputation indexes of employment protection have proven popular constructs in studies of the covariation of labor market institutions and macroeconomic outcomes. Portugal occupies an unenviable rank order in such measures of the stringency of employment protection. We critique this reputation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442864
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Employment of mothers after childbirth : French-German comparison
Lauer, Charlotte; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2003
This paper compares the work attachment of French and German women after childbirth. Both fertility and employment of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448707
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International stock return predictability under model uncertainty
Schrimpf, Andreas (contributor) - 2008
This paper examines return predictability when the investor is uncertain about the right state variables. A novel feature of the model averaging approach used in this paper is to account for finite-sample bias of the coefficients in the predictive regressions. Drawing on an extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728591
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Modeling asset returns : a comparison of theoretical and empirical models
Lüders, Erik (contributor); Schröder, Michael (contributor) - 2004 - Rev. version
large economies, USA, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan. The empirical results show that although the pure NGARCH …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003670896
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The effective average tax burden in the European Union and the USA : a computer-based calculation and comparison with the model of the European tax analyzer
Jacobs, Otto H.; Spengel, Christoph - 1999
In this paper we present a computer-based model (so-called European Tax Analyzer) for the international computation and comparison of company tax burdens. The methodology follows the forward-looking concepts for the measurement of effective average tax rates (EATR) on the basis of a model-firm....
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A simulation method to measure the tax burden on highly skilled manpower
Elschner, Christina (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002240550
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Modeling asset returns : a comparison of theoretical and empirical models
Lüders, Erik (contributor); Schröder, Michael (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001945539