Compulsory military service typically drafts young men when they are at the height of their learning ability. Thus, it can be expected to depress the demand for higher education since skill atrophy and the delayed entry into the civilian labor market reduce the returns to human-capital...

This article revisits an analysis by Frondel, Ritter and Schmidt (2008) of Germany's Renewable Energy Act, which legislates a system of feed-in tariff s to promote the use of renewable energies. As in the original article, we argue that Germany's support scheme subsidizes renewable energy...

Volunteering plays a prominent role in the charitable provision of goods and services, yet we know relatively little about why individuals spend time and money to the charity. Assuming that volunteering is a consumption good, we analyze the determinants of individuals' charitable cash donations...

This paper examines the patterns of educational assortative mating in East and West Germany. In the literature it is well known that individuals do not mate randomly with respect to social and cultural traits, and that highly assortative mating can lead to polarization and exacerbate economic...

There is a consensus in the international community that rural electrification and, in particular, the productive use of electricity contributes to poverty alleviation. At the same time, efforts to evaluate the impacts of development projects have increased substantially. This paper provides a...

Bei dem vorliegenden Krankenhaus Rating Report 2010 handelt es sich um den sechsten. Sein wichtigstes Ziel ist die Verbesserung der Transparenz im deutschen Krankenhausmarkt. Daraus abgeleitet ergibt sich der Anspruch, den Entscheidungsträgern auf den verschiedenen Ebenen (Krankenhäuser und...

Bei dem vorliegenden Krankenhaus Rating Report 2011 handelt es sich um den siebten. Sein wichtigstes Ziel ist die Verbesserung der Transparenz im deutschen Krankenhausmarkt. Daraus abgeleitet ergibt sich der Anspruch, den Entscheidungsträgern auf den verschiedenen Ebenen (Krankenhäuser und...

Die erneuerbaren Energien werden in Deutschland bereits seit 20 Jahren per Gesetz durch Einspeisetarife gefördert. Dies führte bereits zu einem beachtlichen Anteilgrünen Stroms im Stromversorgungssystem. Ein kritischer Blick auf die Probleme im Netzausbau, bei der Speicherung unregelmäßig...

This paper contributes to the analysis of policy measures that attempt to reduce health care expenditures of insurers. We examine the impact of a cash bonus program for preventive health behavior of a German health insurer on prevention eff ort and health care expenditures using a unique...

We test whether financial incentives have an effect on weight reduction in a randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese persons assigned to three experimental groups. While two treatment groups obtain €150 and €300, respectively, for achieving an individually assigned target weight...