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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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that the larger companies benefit from a higher likelihood of a subsidy receipt is offset by the phenomenon that smaller …
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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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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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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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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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This paper advocates the cautious and constitutional evolution of existing basic income schemes (unemployment benefit IIʺ) and Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT = "Einstiegsgeld") into a means-tested combi-wage model for the future long-term unemployed (gradualism strategy). The paper argues...
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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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Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing individuals born during a famine to others. Nutritional intake is typically unobserved and endogenous, whereas famines arguably provide exogenous variation in the provision of...
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