Dies ist das 100. Diskussionspapier des Instituts für Organisationsökonomik. Für die ersten 100 Diskussionspapiere werden die behandelten Themengebiete, methodischen Ausrichtungen, Sprache, Länge, Autoren, nachfolgenden Veröffentlichungen in Zeitschriften und Büchern sowie Zitationen...

Economics in Sweden contains the results of one of the most comprehensive attempts to evaluate research in economics ever undertaken. A team of Swedish and international researchers, including Avinash K. Dixit, Seppo Honkapohja and Robert M. Slow, examined the structure of economics in Sweden...

Publikationen sind im Wissenschaftssystem das wesentliche Medium zur Kommunikation von Erkenntnissen und werden häufig als Indikator für wissenschaftliche Leistung herangezogen. Für Forschungsdatenzentren (FDZ) erfüllen Publikationen weitere Funktionen: Verknüpft mit den zugrundeliegenden...

Economists and demographers have long argued that fertility differs by income (differential fertility), and that social security creates incentives for people to rear fewer children. Does the effect of social security on fertility differ by income? How does social security change the...

This research is part of a large evaluation effort, undertaken by a consortium formed by IFS, Econometria and SEI, which has considered the effects of Familias en Acción on a variety of outcomes one year after its implementation. In early reports, we focussed on the effects of the programme on...

The paper studies the effects of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer program implemented in rural areas in Colombia since 2002, on school enrolment and child labour. Using a difference-in-difference framework, our results show that the program increased school participation of 14 to...

The objective of this paper is to present the main characteristics of the public employment system in Brazil, focusing on its history, scope and current coverage. It seeks to contribute to the debate on social and employment policies, especially as regards creating job opportunities that help...