Temporary Extra Jobs provide subsidized employment for welfare recipients and are the most frequently used welfare-to-work program in Germany. We evaluate the effects of participation in this program on the…
German family policy underwent a reform in 2007, when the new instrument of "Elterngeld" replaced the previous "Erziehungsgeld". The transfer programs differ in various dimensions. We study the effects on the…
The empirical term structure literature shows that long-term interest rates are not merely a combination of expected short-term interest rates and a constant risk premium, as the so-called Expectation Hypothesis…
This paper examines the scope and value of targeted advertising in the German magazine industry. We use data on reader characteristics at individual media, in contrast to previous work that has needed to infer…
This paper studies the effects of a reference price reform in Denmark on price and demand for statins, products that reduce the blood cholesterol levels. Too high cholesterol levels may cause cardiovascular…
