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Does Energy Policy Hurt International Competitiveness of Firms? A Comparative Study for Germany, Switzerland and Austria
Rammer, Christian; Gottschalk, Sandra; Peneder, Michael R. - 2016
-level data from three countries with similar industry structure but different energy policies: Germany, Switzerland, and Austria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014124168
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Generierung und Übernahme von Energietechnologien und energiepolitische Förderung in der Schweiz
Arvanitis, Spyros; Ley, Marius - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280606
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A structural model of demand for apprentices
Muehlemann, Samuel; Schweri, Juerg; Winkelmann, Rainer; … - 2005
using a new firm-level dataset for Switzerland showed, however, that for 60 percent of the firms, the apprenticeship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261148
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Demographic change and public education spending : a conflict between young and old?
Grob, Ueli; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2005
Demographic change in industrial countries will influence educational spending in potentially two ways. On the one hand, the decline in the number of school-age children should alleviate the financial pressure. On the other hand, the theoretical/empirical literature has established that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261342
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Wage Elasticity of the Teacher Supply in Switzerland
Wolter, Stefan C.; Denzler, Stefan - 2003
In order to learn more about the wage elasticity of the teacher supply in Switzerland, this paper estimates wages for … to the fact that teachers? salaries are generally high in Switzerland - teachers here enjoy a positive wage differential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261950
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Money matters: evidence from a large-scale Randomized field experiment with vouchers for adult training
Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009
This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice. User behavior was compared with a control group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264558
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Money matters: evidence from a large-scale randomized field experiment with vouchers for adult training
Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009
This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice. User behavior was compared with a control group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268953
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Effects of adult education vouchers on the labor market: Evidence from a randomized field experiment
Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; … - 2011
education in Switzerland. We find no significant average effects of voucher-induced adult education on earnings, employment, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274830
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Effects of adult education vouchers on the labor market: Evidence from a randomized field experiment
Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; … - 2011
education in Switzerland. We find no significant average effects of voucher-induced adult education on earnings, employment, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277272
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From knowledge to added value: A comparative, panel-data analysis of the innovation value chain in Irish and Swiss manufacturing firms
Roper, Stephen; Arvanitis, Spyros - 2009
Ireland and Switzerland. Both economies are small, very open and depend significantly on innovation to maintain competitive … advantage. In recent years, however, R&D and innovation growth in Ireland has been markedly stronger than that in Switzerland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285823