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How do entrepreneurial portfolios respond to income taxation?
Fossen, Frank M.; Rees, Ray; Rostam-Afschar, Davud; … - 2017
due to tax avoidance or evasion, but increase investment in private businesses that are also worthwhile in the absence of … business income to tax authorities, we show that a fall in the tax rate may increase investment in risky entrepreneurial …, including private business equity. In a system of simultaneous demand equations in first differences, we identify the tax …
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The causal impact of gender norms on mothers' employment attitudes and expectations
Hermes, Henning; Krauß, Marina; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2024
This field experiment investigates the causal impact of mothers' perceptions of gender norms on their employment attitudes and labor-supply expectations. We provide mothers of young children in Germany with information about the prevailing gender norm regarding maternal employment in their city....
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"Citizen Science" auf Basis des SOEP: Entwicklung und erste Anwendung eines Software-Tools für "Bürgerdialoge"
Wagner, Gert G.; Engelmann, Michaela; Goebel, Jan; … - 2014
In den Sozialwissenschaften spielt die sogenannte Citizen Science, also der Einbezug von an Wissenschaft interessierte Bürgerinnen und Bürgern in wissenschaftliche Erhebungen als Methode empirischer Sozialforschung bislang keine Rolle. Freilich sind die in der Politik zunehmend häufiger...
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Discrimination in hiring based on potential and realized fertility: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment
Becker, Sascha O.; Fernandes, Ana; Weichselbaumer, Doris - 2019
Due to conventional gender norms, women are more likely to be in charge of childcare than men. From an employer's perspective, in their fertile age they are also at "risk" of pregnancy. Both factors potentially affect hiring practices of firms. We conduct a large-scale correspondence test in...
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Auswirkungen von Referenzzeiträumen auf die Selbstangaben zum freiwilligen Engagement: Ergebnisse einer experimentellen Studie
Kelle, Nadiya; Burkhardt, Luise; Kausmann, Corinna; … - 2021
In der vorliegenden Studie wird untersucht, inwiefern sich der Einsatz eines spezifischen Zeitfensters bei Survey-Abfragen zum ehrenamtlichen und freiwilligen Engagement - im Vergleich zu Survey-Abfragen mit unspezifischen Zeitfenstern - auf die Selbstangaben von Befragten auswirkt. Die...
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Measuring Time Use in Surveys: How Valid Are Time Use Questions in Surveys? Concordance of Survey and Experience Sampling Measures
Sonnenberg, Bettina; Riediger, Michaela; Wrzus, Cornelia; … - 2011
Since it is still unclear to what extent time allocation retrospectively reported in questionnaires, reflects people's actual behavior, examining the accuracy of responses to time use survey questions is of crucial importance. We analyze the congruence of time use information assessed through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601032
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Impatience among preschool children and their mothers
Kosse, Fabian; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2012
Using experimental data of children and their mothers, this paper explores the intergenerational relationship of impatience. The child's impatience stems from a delay of gratification experiment. Mother's impatience has been assessed by a choice task where the mothers faced trade-offs between a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286343
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"Citizen Science" auf Basis des SOEP: Entwicklung und erste Anwendung eines Software-Tools für "Bürgerdialoge"
Wagner, Gert G.; Engelmann, Michaela; Goebel, Jan; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
Up to now in the social sciences, what is known as citizen science—the involvement of interested citizens in scientific surveys—has been used relatively little as a method of empirical social research. While the “citizens’ dialogues” that are becoming more widespread in politics can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185779
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Impatience among Preschool Children and Their Mothers
Kosse, Fabian; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
Using experimental data of children and their mothers, this paper explores the intergenerational relationship of impatience. The child's impatience stems from a delay of gratification experiment. Mother's impatience has been assessed by a choice task where the mothers faced trade-offs between a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652509
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Measuring Time Use in Surveys: How Valid Are Time Use Questions in Surveys? Concordance of Survey and Experience Sampling Measures
Sonnenberg, Bettina; Riediger, Michaela; Wrzus, Cornelia; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011
Since it is still unclear to what extent time allocation retrospectively reported in questionnaires, reflects people's actual behavior, examining the accuracy of responses to time use survey questions is of crucial importance. We analyze the congruence of time use information assessed through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009228759