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The impact of parents migration on the well-being of children left behind : initial evidence from Romania

Botezat, Alina; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2014

Many children grow up with parents working abroad. Economists are interested in the achievement and well-being of these "home alone" children to better understand the positive and negative aspects of migration in the sending countries. This paper examines the causal effects of parents' migration...

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Direct and indirect effects of weather experiences on life satisfaction : which role for climate change expectations?

Osberghaus, Daniel; Kühling, Jan - 2014

This paper deals with the effect of (i) damage experience from extreme weather events and (ii) expectations concerning future climate change on subjective wellbeing (SWB). We use data of a large representative survey amongst German households. The effect of experienced weather events on SWB of...

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Do employment subsidies reduce early apprenticeship dropout?

Fries, Jan; Goebel, Christian; Maier, Michael F. - 2013

We evaluate the effect of the Apprenticeship Bonus, an employment subsidy programme, on early dropout of apprenticeship. Eligibility to the programme is restricted to school leavers who have actively searched for apprenticeship training to start immediately after leaving school, but were...

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Basic income reform in Germany : better gradualism than cold turkey

Spermann, Alexander (contributor) - 2006

This paper advocates the cautious and constitutional evolution of existing basic income schemes (unemployment benefit IIʺ) and Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT = "Einstiegsgeld") into a means-tested combi-wage model for the future long-term unemployed (gradualism strategy). The paper argues...

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Do hiring subsidies reduce unemployment among the elderly? : Evidence from two natural experiments

Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor) - 2007

We estimate the effects of hiring subsidies for older workers on transitions from unemployment to employment in Germany. Using a natural experiment, our first set of estimates is based on a legal change extending the group of eligible unemployed persons. A subsequent legal change in the opposite...

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The targeted negative income tax (TNIT) in Germany . evidence from a quasi experiment

Spermann, Alexander (contributor); … - 2005

We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called ʺTargeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)ʺ is a time-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus...

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Advantage through training? : a microeconometric evaluation of the employment effects of active labour market programmes in Poland

Puhani, Patrick A. - 1998

We estimate the employment effects of training, intervention works (subsidised employment), and public works programmes in Poland. The analysis is based on retrospective monthly calendar information on the labour force state and active labour market programme (ALMP) participation between January...

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Zur wissenschaftlichen Evaluation der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland : ein Überblick

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Speckesser, Stefan - 2000

Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Überblick der neueren wissenschaftlichen Literatur zur Evaluation der Aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik (AAMP) in Deutschland. Das Grundproblem mikroökonomischer Evaluation besteht darin, den Vergleichsmaßstab bei Nichtteilnahme zu schätzen, sei es auf Basis einer...

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Teaching, organization, and personal problems : evidence from reforming tertiary education in Germany

Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2010

traditional degree program has affected first-year students’ satisfaction. Three dimensions of student satisfaction are focused … upon: Student satisfaction with teaching, student satisfaction with the organization of the study programs, as well as an … compared to the traditional programs in recent years. -- Bologna ; reforms ; evaluation ; fixed effects ; student satisfaction …

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Human capital and innovation in East and West German manufacturing firms

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1997

The paper analyses the theoretical and empirical relationship between employment, skill structure and innovation in East and West German manufacturing firms. The econometric part builds on firm data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel 1993, 1994 and 1995. In the German industrial sector,...

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