1. Refereed Journal // 2006

    Policy innovation in local jurisdictions: Testing for neighbourhood influence in school choice policies

    Before making difficult decisions, individuals tend to collect information on decision makers in reference groups. With respect to policy innovations in a decentralized public sector, this may give rise to…

  2. ZEW-Wirtschaftsanalysen Vol. 80 // 2006

    Befristete Beschäftigungsverhältnisse - Brücken in den Arbeitsmarkt oder Instrumente der Segmentierung?

    Von befristeten Arbeitsverträgen erhofft man sich häufig, dass sie Arbeitslosen oder Nichterwerbstätigen den Wiedereinstieg in das Erwerbsleben erleichtern. Andererseits besteht die Gefahr, dass sie zu einer…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2006

    Collective models of household labour supply with non-convex budget sets and non-participation: a calibration approach

    further co-authors: Michal Myck, Javier Ruiz-Castillo. We present a procedure to compare the collective and unitary models of household labor supply, focusing on tax reform analysis. The procedure entails…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2006

    Who receives the money matters: simulating the Working Families' Tax Credit in the UK and some European tax reforms

    further co-authors: Nicolas Moreau, Javier Ruiz-Castillo and Frederic Vermeulen A framework for simplified implementation of the collective model of labor supply decisions is presented in the context of…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2006

    Evaluating the move to a linear tax system in Germany and other European countries: the choice of the representation of household decision processes does matter

    further co-authors: Michal Myck, Javier Ruiz-Castillo and Frederic Vermeulen. We compare the collective and unitary models with regard to the analysis of tax reforms. A unitary model is estimated on micro…

  6. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2006

    IPOs and Earnings Management in Germany

  7. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 33 // 2006

    Computers and Productivity - How Firms Make a General Purpose Technology Work

    Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are creating potentials for considerable productivity gains and for higher economic growth. However, ICTs are also posing varied challenges to firms in order to…