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Insurance versus savings for the poor: Why one should offer either both or none

Landmann, Andreas; Vollan, Björn; Frölich, Markus - 2012

This paper analyzes data from a novel field experiment designed to test the impact of two different insurance products … simulated by a lottery. Risk-sharing is possible in solidarity groups of three and insurance is introduced via less risky … insurance if shocks are observable. Depending on insurance design, there is also evidence for persistence of this effect even if …

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Taking a Second Chance: Entrepreneurial Restarters in Germany

Wagner, Joachim - 2002

Folklore has it that the comparatively low proportion of self-employed in Germany is in part due to a habit that might …

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German Works Councils in the Production Process

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2003

In a sharp break with past German research, some recent estimates have suggested that plants with work councils have 25 to 30 per cent higher productivity than their works-councilfree counterparts. Such findings can only serve to buttress the strong theoretical and policy interest in the German...

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Are Nascent Entrepreneurs Jacks-of-All-Trades? A Test of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data

Wagner, Joachim - 2003

In a recent paper Edward Lazear proposed the jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship. Based on a coherent model of the choice between self-employment and paid employment he shows that having a background in a large number of different roles increases the probability of becoming an...

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Norm-Based Trade Union Membership: Evidence for Germany

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2003

for social custom effects in the determination of union membership. Using panel data for Germany, we find evidence for …

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Are Young and Small Firms Hothouses for Nascent Entrepreneurs? Evidence from German Micro Data

Wagner, Joachim - 2004

Using a large recent representative sample of the German population this paper contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by empirically testing the hypothesis that young and small firms are hothouses for nascent entrepreneurs. The empirical estimation takes the rare events nature of...

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The optimal timing of school tracking

Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo; Ariga, Kenn - 2004

tracking. We calibrate the model for Germany and study how relative demand shifts toward more general skills and changes in the …

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Unwilling or Unable? : Spatial, Institutional and Socio-Economic Restrictions on Females' Labor Market Access

van Ham, Maarten; Büchel, Felix - 2004

We analyze the effects of regional structures on both females? willingness to work and the probability of being employed for those willing to work. Special permission was granted to link regional data to individual respondents in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Results of a bivariate...

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Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments

Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Bonin, Holger - 2004

Based on a large employer-employee matched data set, the paper investigates the effects of variable enforcement of German dismissal protection legislation on the employment dynamics in small establishments. Specifically, using a difference-in-differences approach, we study the effect of changes...

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Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes : Ein Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung?

Bonin, Holger - 2004

Die Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes ist ein wesentliches Element der im Januar 2004 in Deutschland in Kraft gesetzten …A key feature of the recent labor market reforms in Germany is liberalization of dismissal protection legislation. The …

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