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  • DIW Discussion Papers 246 / 2001

    Power Utility Re-regulation in East European and CIS Transformation Countries (1990-1999): An Institutional Interpretation

    This paper analyzes the process of power utility re-regulation in Eastern Europe and the CIS during the decade of systemic transformation (1990-1999); in particular, it explores reasons why early attempts to introduce competition-oriented reform models have not succeeded. We discuss advantages and disadvantages of various reform models from an institutional economic perspective. The approaches to and ...

    2001| Christian von Hirschhausen, Petra Opitz
  • DIW Discussion Papers 252 / 2001

    Is There a "Dead-Anyway" Effect in Willingness to Pay for Risk Reduction?

    In einem neueren Beitrag diskutieren Pratt and Zeckhauser (JPE, 1996), welches Maß der marginalen Zahlungsbereitschaft (WTP) von Individuen für die Reduktion ihrer Sterbewahrscheinlichkeit bei öffentlichen Entscheidungen über gefahrenerhebliche Projekte verwendet werden sollte. Sie schlagen vor, die gemessene WTP um den so genannten "Dead-anyway"-Effekt zu berichtigen, der besagt, dass die WTP mit ...

    2001| Friedrich Breyer, Markus M. Grabka
  • DIW Discussion Papers 253 / 2001

    Income Redistribution and the Political Economy of Social Health Insurance: Comparing Germany and Switzerland

    In many countries, collectively financed health insurance systems or health services delivery systems (such as the NHS) exist. Typically, these institutions are financed via general taxes or specific contributions levied on earnings. As benefits are not dependent upon income, this implies a redistribution from high to low earners. An exception can be found in Switzerland, where equal per-capita contributions ...

    2001| Friedrich Breyer
  • DIW Discussion Papers 254 / 2001

    Why Funding Is not a Solution to the "Social Security Crisis"

    Es ist heute unbestritten, dass die umlagefinanzierten staatlichen Rentensysteme in den meisten OECD.Ländern in den kommenden Jahrzehnten wegen der dramatisch steigenden Alterslastquote schwerwiegende finanzielle Probleme bekommen werden. Dennoch gibt es eine intensive Debatte über die angemessene Therapie. Gerade in den letzten Jahren haben Vorschläge zugenommen, die auf einen (teilweisen) Übergang ...

    2001| Friedrich Breyer
  • DIW Discussion Papers 255 / 2001

    Life Course Risks, Mobility Regimes, and Mobility Consequences: A Comparison of Sweden, Germany and the U.S.

    Intragenerational mobility has been a central concern in sociology, especially in the latter half of the 20th century. Most of this analysis has proceeded using measures of social position that are functions of an individual's occupation. This approach has been based on two primary justifications. First, occupational mobility is a key attribute of labor market structure, and the labor market, along ...

    2001| Thomas A. DiPrete
  • DIW Discussion Papers 256 / 2001

    Decomposing Permanent and Transitory Poverty

    In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird eine neue Berechnungsweise des Anteils permanenter Armut an der gesamten vorhandenen Armut vorgestellt. Es wird gezeigt, dass der weithin genutzte Shorrocks-Index zur Zerlegung von permanenter und transitorischer Ungleichheit auch zur Beschreibung von Armut genutzt werden kann. Damit können Unzulänglichkeiten in der von Rodgers & Rodgers (1993) gewählten Berechnung behoben ...

    2001| Jan Goebel
  • Externe Monographien

    Privatization and Its Limits in Central and Eastern Europe: Property Rights in Transition

    Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001, X, 320 S.
    (Studies in Economic Transition)
    | Hella Engerer
  • Externe Monographien

    Kazakstan 1993 - 2000: Independent Advisors and the IMF

    Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag, 2001, X, 278 S. | Lutz Hoffmann, Peter Bofinger, Heiner Flassbeck, Alfred Steinherr
  • DIW Discussion Papers 230 / 2000

    Unemployment and Productivity Growth: An Empirical Analysis within the Augmented Solow Model

    Does a country's level of unemployment have an impact on the long-run growth rate? Incorporating unemployment into a generalised Solow-type growth model, yields some answers. In the traditional Solow model, unemployment has no long-run influence on the growth rate and the level of productivity. The long-run level of productivity is reduced if higher unemployment leads to less formal education or to ...

    2000| Michael Bräuninger, Markus Pannenberg
  • Externe Monographien

    Employment Policy in Transition: The Lessons of German Integration for the Labor Market

    Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2001, 302 S. | Regina T. Riphahn, Dennis J. Snower, Klaus F. Zimmermann (Eds.)
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