Wenn ein Unternehmer einen Blick in die Zukunft wagt und sich dazu äußert, wie er sein Unternehmen in 10 oder 20 Jahren sieht, heißt das nicht, dass diese Vorstellungen auch wahr werden. Das hängt von vielen entscheidenden Aspekten ab. Auf einige hat man direkten Einfluss, auf andere jedoch...

This paper examines how a change in the generosity of one social assistance programgenerates spillovers onto other social assistance programs. We exploit an age discontinuityin the stringency of the 1993 Dutch disability reforms to estimate the causal effect of exit fromdisability insurance (DI)...

This paper analyzes data from a novel field experiment designed to test the impact of twodifferent insurance products and a secret saving device on solidarity in risk-sharing groupsamong rural villagers in the Philippines. Risk is simulated by a lottery. Risk-sharing ispossible in solidarity...

The goal of this paper is to examine the shape of the Laffer curve quantitativelyin a simple neoclassical growth model calibrated to the US as well as to the EU-15 economy. We show that the US and the EU-15 area are located on the left side of their labor and capital tax Laffer curves, but the...

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We provide an overview of the growing literature that uses micro-level data from multiplecountries to investigate health outcomes, and their link to socioeconomic factors, at olderages. Since the data are at a comparatively young stage, much of the analysis is at an earlystage and limited to a...

In this paper, we investigate the long-run effects of World War II on socio-economic status(SES) and health of older individuals in Europe. Physical and psychological childhood eventsare important predictors for labor market and health outcomes in adult life, but studies thatquantify these...

The predominant part of the literature states that women are more likely to donate tocharitable causes but men are more generous in terms of the amount given. The last resultgenerally derives from the focus on mean amount given...

The notion of social entrepreneurship has gained increasing recognition in thelast years, both as an increasingly visible mode of economic action, and as animportant policy tool. The paper outlines a typology that departs from aSchumpeterian view of entrepreneurship, that centers on the creation...

In Fachkreisen ist umstritten, ob die Vergabe sozialer Dienstleistungen demVergaberecht unterliegt. Diskutiert wird dieses Thema oft mit dem Ziel, zuklären, ob und in welchem Umfang Vergaberegelungen einschlägig sind. Dabeispielt eine Rolle, welche Leistungen öffentlich ausgeschrieben...