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Discretionary measures of active labor market policy : the German employment promotion reform in perspective

Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2000

This paper provides a preliminary assessment of recent reforms of German employment promotion policy. While several recent studies analyze the impact of measures of employment promotion for the case of Germany, no comparable study exists on the aggregate level, thus precluding any assessment of...

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Does the quality of hospital treatment vary by days of the week?

Schwierz, Christoph; Augurzky, Boris; Wasem, Jürgen - 2009

This paper investigates the relationship between health outcomes and variations in staffing levels as approximated by admissions on weekdays versus admissions on weekends. Because days of admission are potentially endogenous, we instrument on emergency admissions only, which are reasonably...

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WTP vs. WTA : christmas presents and the endowment effect

Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor); … - 2008

Using data on the valuation of Christmas gifts received by students in different fields at a German university, we investigate whether the endowment effect differs between students of economics and other respondents and whether it varies with the market price of the object under consideration....

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Do guns displace books? : the impact of compulsory military service on educational attainment

Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; … - 2011

Wehrpflicht in Deutschland im Jahre 1956 in einem Regression-Discontinuity-Design aus. Unsere Schätzergebnisse zeigen, dass …

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The dynamics of assortative mating in Germany

Grave, Barbara S.; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2012

kann. Für Deutschland existiert bisher wenig Evidenz für bildungsselektives Heiratsverhalten. Unter Verwendung der Daten …

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Is there a future for small hospitals in Germany?

Augurzky, Boris; Schmitz, Hendrik - 2010

We analyse the financial performance of small German hospitals based on balance sheet data of about 1,000 hospitals in 2007. Measures of financial performance are the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) and the probability of default (PD). We find that, on...

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Do guns displace books? : the impact of compulsory military service on educational attainment

Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; … - 2011

Compulsory military service typically drafts young men when they are at the height of their learning ability. Thus, it can be expected to depress the demand for higher education since skill atrophy and the delayed entry into the civilian labor market reduce the returns to human-capital...

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Does higher cost inefficiency imply higher profit inefficiency? : evidence on inefficiency and ownership of German hospitals

Herr, Annika; Schmitz, Hendrik; Augurzky, Boris - 2009

This paper investigates cost and profit efficiency of German hospitals. More specifically, it deals with the question how hospital efficiency varies with ownership, patient structure,and other exogenous factors, which are neither inputs nor outputs of the production process. We conduct a...

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Bewältigt der deutsche Krankenhaussektor eine Grippepandemie?

Augurzky, Boris; Krolop, Sebastian; Sperling, Sebastian; … - 2006

Anfang 2006 erreichte die Vogelgrippe Deutschland und Befürchtungen kommen auf, dass eine weltweite Grippepandemie … in Deutschland. Wir stellen uns die Frage, inwieweit die Kapazitäten dort ausreichen, um Grippefälle medizinisch … Beantwortung der Frage für Deutschland stellen wir das Angebot an medizinischen Leistungen, insbesondere die Bettenkapazität, der …

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Insolvenzrisiken von Krankenhäusern - Bewertung und Transparenz unter Basel II : eine Analyse aktueller und zukünftiger Ratings von deutschen Krankenhäusern und Handlungsoptionen z...

Augurzky, Boris; Engel, Dirk; Krolop, Sebastian; … - 2004

Veränderte Rahmenbedingungen im Krankenhaussektor, wie zum Beispiel das neue Vergütungssystem nach Fallpauschalen, der hohe Investitionsbedarf und Veränderungen auf Seiten der Kreditinstitute, Stichwort Basel II, erhöhen den Stellenwert der Bonität bzw. der Kreditwürdigkeit deutscher...

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