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Basic income reform in Germany : better gradualism than cold turkey
Spermann, Alexander (contributor) - 2006
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003369998
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Reforming social welfare as we know it? : a microsimulation study for Germany
Steiner, Viktor; Jacobebbinghaus, Peter - 2003
proposals to reform social welfare in the recent German policy debate. We analyse a specific reform proposal with the following … effects of this welfare reform proposal are simulated on the basis of an econometrically estimated partialequilibrium labour … expenditures may be substantial, although the expected labour supply and employment effects of this reform are much smaller than is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448565
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Do direct R&D subsidies lead to the monopolization of R&D in the economy?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Ebersberger, Bernd - 2010
that the larger companies benefit from a higher likelihood of a subsidy receipt is offset by the phenomenon that smaller …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701446
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Innovation subsidies: does the funding source matter for innovation intensity and performance? : Empirical evidence from Germany
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2011
Applying a variant of a non-parametric matching estimator, we consider European funding and national funding as heterogeneous treatments, distinguishing and simultaneously analyzing the effect these treatments have on innovation input and performance. In terms of input, getting funding from both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009244220
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R&D policies for young SMEs : input and output effects
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Delanote, Julie - 2015
This paper evaluates the current focus of EU policy makers on small and medium-sized, young independent firms in high-tech sectors. Therefore, the effect of subsidies on both R&D input and R&D output is compared between independent high-tech young firms (NTBFs), independent low-tech young firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519610
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Scrapping subsidies during the financial crisis : evidence from Europe
Leheyda, Nina; Verboven, Frank - 2013
We study the effects of the car scrapping subsidies in Europe during the financial crisis. We make use of a rich data set of all car models sold in nine European countries, observed at a monthly level during 2005-2011.We employ a difference-in-differences approach, exploiting the fact that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010194501
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The impact of R&D subsidies during the crisis
Hud, Martin; Hussinger, Katrin - 2014
, smaller than in other years. This temporary decrease may be caused by an altered innovation subsidy scheme in crisis years or … by a different innovation investment behavior of the subsidy recipients. We do not find support for the countercyclical … innovation subsidy scheme having caused the smaller additionality effect and conclude that it is likely to be driven by subsidy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341825
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Incorporating innovation subsidies in the CDM framework : empirical evidence from Belgium
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Delanote, Julie - 2016 - This version: May 2016
R&D investment. In addition, results point to positive output effects of both purely privately funded and subsidy …–induced R&D. Furthermore, we do not find evidence of a premium or discount of subsidy–induced R&D in terms of its marginal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011487998
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Factors influencing German house owners’ preferences on energy retrofits
Achtnicht, Martin; Madlener, Reinhard - 2012
In this paper, we identify key drivers and barriers for the adoption of building energy retrofits in Germany, which is promoted by public policy as an important measure to address the future challenges of climate change and energy security. We analyze data from a 2009 survey of more than 400...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009564925
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Evaluating environmental programs : the perspective of modern evaluation research
Frondel, Manuel; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2001
Large-scale environmental programs generally commit substantial societal resources, making the evaluation of their actual effects on the relevant outcomes imperative. As the example of the subsidization of energy-saving appliances illustrates, much of the applied environmental economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446934