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We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
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We evaluate the effect of the Apprenticeship Bonus, an employment subsidy programme, on early dropout of apprenticeship … searched for apprenticeship positions unsuccessfully directly leaving school and analyse the effect of the subsidy on the risk … of apprenticeship dropout. Even though the subsidy provides strong incentives to prevent dropout, we do not find …
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that the larger companies benefit from a higher likelihood of a subsidy receipt is offset by the phenomenon that smaller …
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In this paper, we identify key drivers and barriers for the adoption of building energy retrofits in Germany, which is … Germany, that was conducted as a computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI). In the survey, respondents were asked directly …
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The literature suggests that public research and development (R&D) subsidies may reduce market failures affecting private R&D investment caused by incomplete appropriability of knowledge and financial constraints due capital market imperfections. Drawing on the theory of investment under...
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In this paper we empirically test whether public R&D subsidies crowd out private R&D investment in Flanders and Germany …
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We evaluate the impact of a major European state aid program for broadband deployment applied to rural areas in the German State of Bavaria in the years 2010 and 2011. Using difference-in-differences estimation strategies, we find that aided municipalities have – depending on broadband quality...
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This study applies a full information maximum likelihood (FIML) estimator of the sample selection model with bivariate selection rule for the investigation of the impact of subsidised firm foundation from unemployment on employment growth of the firm. The empirical analysis is based on the ZEW...
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