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Hartz IV – The German “Word of the Year 2004”and the Country’s Hope to overcomeits Problem of Unemployment

Lohse, Tim - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2005

, was to reduce the lack of jobs and to increase welfare. Facing persistently increasing unemployment rates from then on …

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Consumption Comparisons and Happiness:A Calibration Study

Strulik, Holger - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2009

Does it make us unhappier when we compare our consumptionwith that of the Joneses or our own past achievements? This paper tries ananswer by bringing together two disparate literatures: the macro (growth)theory on habit formation and the applied literature related to the Easterlinparadox. Using...

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Optimal Taxes and Transfersunder Partial Information

Homburg, Stefan; Lohse, Tim - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2004

, long-termunemployed on the one hand (who are no more entitled to unemployment insurance)and the disabled on the other hand … suggestedto reduce unemployment benefits below the level of social assistance.[...] …

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