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Juvenile law and recidivism in Germany : new evidence from the Old Continent
Pichler, Stefan; Römer, Daniel - 2011
In this paper, we analyze the effect of the criminal justice system on juvenile recidivism. Using a unique sample of German inmates, we are able to disentangle the selection into criminal and juvenile law from the subsequent recidivism decision of the inmate. We base our identification strategy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009411586
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Employment in family firms: less but safe? : analyzing labor demand of German family firms with a treatment model for panel data
Kölling, Arnd - 2017
This paper analyzes the differences in labor demand and labor turnover between family and nonfamily firms. The majority of firms in modern economies and, therefore, also in Germany are family controlled. These firms seem to have better employment performance than non-family controlled companies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011701329
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The impact of new technologies on the demand for heterogenous labour : empirical evidence from the German business-related services sector
Kaiser, Ulrich - 1998
The impact of technology on the demand for heterogeneous labor is controversely discussed throughout the literature. New technology which is said to favor high skilled labor and to substitute low skilled labor is often considered as the main reason for the decline in relative demand for low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621722
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The economics of crime : investigating the drugs-crime channel ; empirical evidence from panel data of the German states
Entorf, Horst; Winker, Peter - 2002
The rising trends both in drug addiction and crime rates are of major public concern in Germany. Surprisingly, the … economic theory of crime seems to ignore the drugs-crime nexus, whereas the criminological literature considers illicit drug … use a main reason of criminal activities. This paper provides an econometric assessment of the drugs-crime channel within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524914
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The economics of crime : investigating the drugs-crime channel: empirical evidence from panel data of the German states
Entorf, Horst; Winkler, Peter - 2001
The rising trends both in drug addiction and crime rates are of major public concern in Germany. Surprisingly, the … economic theory of crime seems to ignore the drugs-crime nexus, whereas the criminological literature considers illicit drug … use a main reason of criminal activities. This paper provides an econometric assessment of the drugs-crime channel within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446641
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Investigating the Drugs - Crime Channel in Economics of Crime Models : Empirical Evidence from Panel Data of the German States
Entorf, Horst; Winker, Peter - 2006
The rising trends both in drug addiction and crime rates are of major public concern in Germany. Surprisingly, the … economic theory of crime seems to ignore the drugs{crime nexus, whereas the criminological literature considers illicit drug … use a main reason of criminal activities. This paper provides an econometric assessment of the drugs{crime channel within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014105517
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The Economics of Crime : Investigating the Drugs-Crime Channel
Entorf, Horst; Winker, Peter - 2001
The rising trends both in drug addiction and crime rates are of major public concern in Germany. Surprisingly, the … economic theory of crime seems to ignore the drugs-crime nexus, whereas the criminological literature considers illicit drug … use a main reason of criminal activities. This paper provides an econometric assessment of the drugs-crime channel within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014126827
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Is Being 'Soft on Crime' the Solution to Rising Crime Rates? Evidence from Germany
Entorf, Horst; Spengler, Hannes - 2021
diversion failed as increasing shares of dismissals by prosecutors and judges enhance crime rates in Germany. Crime is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324960
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Can the changing nature of jobs account for national trends in job satisfaction?
Green, Francis; Tsitsianis, Nicholas - 2004
We investigate whether trends in job satisfaction, which arguably signal trends in worker well-being, can be explained by changes in the quality of jobs. There were falls in job satisfaction in both Britain and Germany. Elsewhere job satisfaction has been either stable or declining very slowly....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290649
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Regional spillovers and spatial heterogeneity in matching workers and employers in Germany
Kosfeld, Reinhold (contributor) - 2006
When job search takes place across labour markets, the standard flow approach to labour market analysis fails to uncover the effectiveness at which workers are matched to available jobs. A spatially augmented matching function is backed by a spatial search model with endogenous search intensity....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387131