This reference paper describes the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey and outlines its vast potential for research in labor economics. The data have been part of a unique IZA project to connect administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency with innovative...

This paper aims to assess the impact of the Moroccan wage subsidy program "Idmaj". It applies the propensity score matching method to the data from a survey conducted by the Ministry of Labour on a sample of eligible individuals. Our results suggest that wage subsidies in Morocco have a positive...

Selbstständige haben während der Covid-19-Pandemie im Vergleich zu abhängig Beschäftigten besonders starke Einkommensverluste erlitten. Zu ihrer Unterstützung hat die Bundesregierung daher verschiedene Programme mit Liquiditätshilfen aufgelegt. Im Frühjahr 2020 startete der Bund die...

This paper evaluates the effect of a self-employment grant scheme for unemployed individuals-designed to ease the first 12 months of business operation-on firm growth, survival, and labor market reintegration in Croatia in the 2010-2017 period. Grants offered a moderate amount of finances (up to...

Using novel survey data, we examine attitudes towards money and to what extent they affect economic outcomes in Switzerland. We find that three main types of attitudes towards money co-exist: the prestige and power attitude, the money management attitude and the goal-oriented attitude. The...

Zusätzliche private Altersvorsorge, komplexe Finanzprodukte und niedrige Zinsen fordern Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher heraus, sich stärker mit Finanzthemen zu befassen. Vorgestellt wird das Konzept der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe im Bereich der finanziellen Bildung. Der ganzheitliche,...

Purpose: This study aims to empirically investigate the direct effect of incentives on job satisfaction, and the extent of direct effect of work passion on job satisfaction, the extent of direct effect job satisfaction on teachers f achievement, the extent of direct effect of incentives on...

Total quality management of higher educational institutions is of paramount importance for modern society and presents a growing interest for researchers. In this paper the issue of effective establishment of total quality management system in higher education in Macedonia is discussed in...

In this paper the issue of effective establishment of total quality management system in higher education in Macedonia is discussed in details. In Macedonia, substantial changes occurred during last two decades: introduction of Bologna system, establishment of private higher education...

This paper aims to understand students' health literacy condition at a university in Jiangsu Province by determining possible influencing factors, and to give suggestions to improve health literacy education. A total of 165 first, second, and third-year students completed the Mandarin Health...