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Coaching, Counseling, Case‐Working: Do They Help the Older Unemployed Out of ...
Intensified counseling, job search assistance and related policies have been found to be effective for labor market integration of the unemployed by a large number of studies,... -
Conservative politicians and voting on same-sex marriage
We examine whether conservative politicians are less likely to support same‐sex marriage when they run for office in safe rather than in contested districts using new data based... -
Elementary index bias: evidence for the euro area from a large scanner dataset
We provide evidence on the effect of elementary index choice on inflation measurement in the euro area. Using scanner data for 15,844 individual items from 42 product categories... -
Where Does the Good Shepherd Go? Civic Virtue and Sorting into Public Sector ...
Several studies have analyzed motives to work in the public versus private sector. However, research on prosocial motivation in the context of public sector employment has... -
A Synthetic Control Assessment of the Green Paradox The Role of Climate Actio...
This paper extends the green paradox literature by providing empirical insights into its existence. To check the green paradox theory, I analyse the production of coal in four... -
Interregional Migration of Human Capital and Unemployment Dynamics: Evidence ...
Since the mid-90s interregional migration flows in Italy have dramatically increased, especially from the South to the North. These flows are characterized by a strong component... -
Analyzing the Efficiency of County Road Production– Evidence from Eastern Ger...
This study analyzes the efficiency of the road production by local governments using data envelopment analysis. The production of roads is a costly public service, which makes... -
Is there a Glass Ceiling over Germany?
This paper analyzes the gender wage gap across the wage distribution using 2010 data from the German Statistical Agency. I investigate East and West Germany and the public... -
Worker Personality: Another Skill Bias beyond Education in the Digital Age
We present empirical evidence suggesting that technological progress in the digital age will be biased not only with respect to skills acquired through education but... -
Wage Performance of Immigrants in Germany
This paper updates and deepens our understanding of the wage performance of immigrants in Germany. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, it documents that immigrant workers...
