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Economic models of climate policy (or policies to combat other environmental problems) typically neglect psychological adaptation to changing life circumstances. People may adapt or become more sensitive, to different degrees, to a deteriorated environment. The present paper addresses these...
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Is welfare economics still possible, when preferences are endogenously determined? The answer is yes, if and only if the hypothesis of adaptive preferences is correct. If preferences satisfy the conditions of continuity, non-satiation and regularity, then adaptive preferences imply that...
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This literature review starts with a general discussion of young people and their various activities with special emphasis on youth unemployment and the outcome of alternative ways of measuring the prevalence of unemployment among young people. Thereafter the focus turns to measures targeted at...
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Der Forschungsbericht befasst sich mit der Neuausrichtung der arbeitsmarktpolitischen Instrumente, die zum 1. Januar 2009 in Kraft getreten ist. Der Gesetzgeber verfolgte mit dieser Reform das Ziel, das Portfolio an Instrumenten zu straffen und damit transparenter und übersichtlicher zu...
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Mit Arbeitsgelegenheiten in der Mehraufwandsvariante (AGH-MAE, auch: Ein-Euro-Jobs oder Zusatzjobs) sollen nach der Vorstellung des Gesetzgebers erwerbsfähige Leistungsberechtigte im SGB II gefördert werden, die mit anderen Mitteln nicht (mehr) in reguläre Beschäftigung integriert werden...
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For instrumental-variable estimation using binary instruments, we offer simple methods to obtain policy-relevant insights beyond local average treatment effects. We demonstrate the methods by evaluating an element of choice introduced into active labour market policy in Germany by a reform in...
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