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Discrimination in grading? : experimental evidence from primary school
Sprietsma, Maresa - 2009
This paper studies the effect of teacher expectations on essay grades in an experimental setting. To this purpose, we randomly assign Turkish or German first names to a set of essays so that some teachers believe a given essay was written by a German native pupil, whereas others believe it was...
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Earnings prospects for people with migration background in Germany
Aldashev, Alisher (contributor);  … - 2007
Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … group (native Germans) may be contaminated by effects from naturalized immigrants. This paper utilizes a wider definition … with migration background have similar earnings prospects to foreigners. Moreover, earnings prospects for native Germans do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003480018
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Earnings prospects for people with migration background in Germany
Aldashev, Alisher (contributor);  … - 2007
Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using … group (native Germans) may be contaminated by effects from naturalized immigrants. This paper utilizes a wider definition … with migration background have similar earnings prospects to foreigners. Moreover, earnings prospects for native Germans do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003527626
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Die Evolution der bundesdeutschen Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik : Rückblick und Bestandsaufnahme
Fier, Andreas; Harhoff, Dietmar - 2001
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) die Zuständigkeit für die deutsche Innovationspolitik. Dieses für den Bund …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446955
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Impulsstudie "Telekommunikationsregulierung 4.0"
Fetzer, Thomas - 2018
Der vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie initiierte Fachdialog Ordnungsrahmen für die digitale Wirtschaft soll staatlichen Handlungsbedarf und staatliche Handlungsoptionen für die Etablierung eines kohärenten Ordnungsrahmens aufzeigen, der Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft einerseits...
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Earnings losses after non-employment increase with age
Zwick, Thomas (contributor) - 2008
This paper shows that earnings losses after unemployment increase with age. First, older employees start out with relatively high earnings in comparison to employees without employment interruptions several years before the non-employment spell. This earnings advantage turns into a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728393
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Heterogeneous labour markets in a microsimulation-AGE model : application to welfare reform in Germany
Boeters, Stefan (contributor); Feil, Michael (contributor) - 2008
Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...
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Noncognitive skills, Internet use and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja (contributor); Gernandt, Johannes (contributor) - 2008
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 2000 to 2006 we analyze the determinants and labor market effects of educational dropout. In addition to classical variables like family background and occupation, we examine noncognitive skills and Internet use. Noncognitive skills...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728547
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The adoption of new technologies and the age structure of the workforce
Meyer, Jenny (contributor) - 2008
This paper provides firm-level evidence for the relationship between the age structure of the workforce and the adoption of new or significantly improved technologies in service sector firms. Furthermore, it closes a research gap by analyzing the joint impact of the age of the workforce and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728572
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R&D investment and financing constraints of small and medium-sized firms
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Binz, Hanna L. (contributor) - 2008
This study tests for financial constraints on R&D investment and how they differ from capital investment. To identify constraints in the access to external capital, we employ a credit rating index. Our models show that internal constraints, measured by mark-ups, are more decisive for R&D than...
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