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exploiting the regression-discontinuity design of the military draft in Germany during the 1950s. Unbiased estimates of military …
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” phenomenon in Germany remains relatively small and statistically unchanged by the Hartz reforms …
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effect of the relative cohort size on educational attainment of young adults in Germany is analyzed utilizing data from the …
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countries using a statistical risk indicator and empirical energy data for the years 1978 through 2007. We find that Germany … nuclear phase-out, Germany's supply risk can be expected to rise further and to approach the level of Italy. Due to its …
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Using data on the valuation of Christmas gifts received by students in different fields at a German university, we investigate whether the endowment effect differs between students of economics and other respondents and whether it varies with the market price of the object under consideration....
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indicators for the US and Germany, we demonstrate that our inflation sentiment indicators improve forecast accuracy in comparison …
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Against the background of the current discussion on the introduction of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper … from a structural labor demand model, the empirical results imply that the introduction of minimum wages in Germany will be …
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Based on multivariate linear regression models, we analyze the effect of the lunar cycle and the number of sunspots occurring on a particular day on the number of births using social security data and controlling for a number of other potential confounders. The daily number of births between...
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This paper offers a cartel explanation for the stability of German collective bargaining institutions.We show that a dense net of legal safeguards has been yarned around the wage setting cartel. These measures make deviation by cartel insiders less attractive and simultaneously erect entry...
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This paper examines the patterns of educational assortative mating in East and West Germany. In the literature it is … mating can lead to polarization and exacerbate economic inequality. For Germany, little is known about actual patterns of … marriage formation along educational lines. Our empirical analysis for Germany shows that educational assortative mating has …
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