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Pollution exposure and infant health : evidence from Germany
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2010
changes later in childhood. Since smoking is one source of producing carbon monoxide and thus affects child health negatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701438
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The heterogeneous effects of training incidence and duration on labor market transitions
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Paul, Marie - 2010
Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und in vielen … Beschäftigungssuche ab, denn in Deutschland können dem Arbeitslosen zu jedem Zeitpunkt Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen zugewiesen werden …. Wir evaluieren ein wichtiges Programm der beruflichen Weiterbildung in Deutschland (Förderung der beruflichen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665400
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Physical activity of adults : a survey of correlates, determinants, and effects
Cabane, Charlotte; Lechner, Michael - 2014 - This version: October 2014
We survey the literature on the link of labour market related outcomes to individ-ual physical activity and sports participation. The first part of the survey is devoted to the individual participation decision and is based on papers from various disciplines. The sec-ond part summarises parts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010425625
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Environmental innovations and profitability : how does it pay to be green?; an empirical analysis on the German innovation survey
Ghisetti, Claudia; Rennings, Klaus - 2013
Much of the empirical literature analysing the relation between environmental innovation and competitiveness has focused on the question whether “it pays to be green”. We differentiate between different types of environmental innovations, which will be disentangled in those aiming at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128710
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Three approaches to the evaluation of active labour market policy in East Germany using regional data
Hagen, Tobias - 2003
Using different regional data sources for East Germany the three largest active labour market policy (ALMP) programmes - job creation schemes (JCS), structural adjustment schemes (SAS) and public training (PT) - are evaluated. After addressing the regional allocation rule of the funding of ALMPs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448477
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Consumption and nutrition : age - intake profiles for Czechoslovakia 1989-1992
Miquel, Ruth; Laisney, François - 2000
This paper provides non-parametric estimates of the relation between nutrient intake and age for Czechoslovak individuals, as a function of characteristics of both the individual and the household she lives in, on the basis of household purchases. Results show no significant difference between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445193
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Clustering life trajectories : a new divisive hierarchical clustering algorithm for discrete-valued discrete time series
Dlugosz, Stephan - 2011
A new algorithm for clustering life course trajectories is presented and tested with large register data. Life courses are represented as sequences on a monthly timescale for the working-life with an age span from 16–65. A meaningful clustering result for this kind of data provides interesting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901833
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Regional convergence and economic performance : a case study of the West German Laender
Buscher, Herbert S.; Felder, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 1999
In the paper we analyze the convergence process of the West German Laender from 1970 to 1995 using descriptive tools as well as panel estimation methods. Although there have been some winners in this process, the main finding is that convergence was insufficient in the sense that no gains have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442407
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Collective wage agreements and the adjustment of workers and hours in German service firms
Kaiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence is provided on the way collective wage agreements affect the adjustment of working hours, employment and other production factors when firms from the service sector are faced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444737
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Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen
Kaiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
Der Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung von Tarifverträgen in Dienstleistungsunternehmen sowie deren Wirkungen auf die Beschäftigungspolitik im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen. Der empirische Teil basiert auf der ZEW/Creditreform Konjunkturumfrage bei unternehmensnahen...
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