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Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland : seit Jahrzehnten in der Sackgasse
Berthold, Norbert; Berchem, Sascha von - 2005
der deutschen Arbeitsmarktpolitik hin zu mehr Effizienz und weniger Arbeitslosigkeit zu vermitteln.Doch hat eine …Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts scheint auch in Deutschland politische Bewegung in die Arbeitsmarktpolitik gekommen zu … Arbeitsmarktpolitik endlich zu Ende gehen würde. Prinzipien wie „Fördern und Fordern“ wurden erstmals von beiden großen Volksparteien …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467624
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Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns
de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - 2007
This paper analyzes data from a randomized experiment on mean returns to capital in SriLankan micro-enterprises. The findings show greater returns among men than among women; indeed, returns were not different from zero for women. The authors explore different explanations for the lower returns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476943
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Interlinked Transactions in Cash Cropping Economies: The Determinants of Farmer Participation and Performance in the Zambezi River Valley of Mozambique
Benfica, Rui M.S.; Tschirley, David L.; Boughton, Duncan - 2006
This paper investigates the determinants of participation and performance of tobacco contract farmers, and the effects of participation on overall crop and household incomes in the Zambezi Valley of Mozambique. We test the existence of threshold effects in land holdings and educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444299
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Three Essays on Semiparametric Econometric Evaluation Methods
Maier, Michael - 2008
This dissertation introduces three novel approaches for the econometric evaluation of heterogeneous treatment effects. The proposed methods consider the effects of a binary treatment on different characteristics of the outcome distribution.Section 1 proposes an estimation method for various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471606
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The impact of the euro on euro area GDP per capita
Fernández Vidaurreta, Cristina; García Perea, Pilar - 2015
Este artículo aborda la siguiente pregunta: ¿cuál habría sido el PIB per cápita del área del euro si no se hubiese creado la unión monetaria? Para intentar contestarla, utilizamos la metodología de control sintético [Abadie y Gardeázabal (2003) y Abadie et al. (2010)]. Nuestros...
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ESSAYS IN DEMOGRAPHIC ECONOMICS
Reinhold, Steffen - 2008
In the ¯rst of the essays, I reassess the relationship between premarital cohab-itation and marital instability both theoretically and empirically. It has become astylized fact that premarital cohabitation is positively correlated with the likelihood ofmarital dissolution. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429603
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"Women's labour market participation interacting with macroeconomic growth and family policies"
Luci, Angela Stefanie - 2009
This thesis shows that women's labour market participation, macroeconomic growth and family policies are closely linked to each other. Whereas there exists clear theoretical and empirical evidence that female labour market participation unambiguously promotes GDP growth, the inverse impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482302
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Mit Sicherheit besser? : Aktivierung und Flexicurity in Dänemark
Bogedan, Claudia - 2005
Wechselverhältnis gilt als Geheimnis des dänischen Erfolges, Arbeitslosigkeit zu senken und Haushaltsüberschüsse zu generieren ohne … Instrumente einer aktivierenden Arbeitsmarktpolitik eingeführt, die in die Tradition eines umfassenden Systems sozialer Sicherung …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466406
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Causal Effects of European Active Labor Market Policy : Foundations and Empirics
Kluve, Jochen - 2001
Over the last two decades most European countries have been subject to a strong and persistent increase in their unemployment rates, leading these countries to attempt to combat obdurately high unemployment by exercising measures of Active Labor Market Policy (ALMP). These measures can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476246