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Self-Employment and Conflict in Colombia

Many Colombians are confronted with the ongoing conflict that influences their decision making in everyday life, including their behavior in labor markets. This study focuses on the impact of violent conflict on self-employment, enlarging the usual determinants with a set of conflict variables. Our estimation strategy compares three different estimates: one from fixed-effects panel data (OLS-FE), estimates ...

An Empirical Assessment of the 2004 EU Merger Policy Reform

We evaluate the economic impact of the change in European merger legislation in 2004 and propose a general framework focusing on four different policy dimensions: predictability, decision errors, reversion of anti-competitive rents and deterrence. We find that after the reform, the predictability and the accuracy of decisions have improved. Yet, the policy shift away from prohibitions, which entail ...

Hans Raupach Best Paper Award for Veronika Bertram-Hümmer and Ghassan Baliki

Veronika Bertram-Hümmer and Ghassan Baliki of the Development and Security Department won the “Hans Raupach Best Paper Award“ of IOS Regensburg with their paper "Measuring Deprivation: A New Index Of Visible Wealth”. The price was awarded within the 5th Joint IOS/APB/EACE Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe on the subject of „Subjective Well-being: Determinants, ...

Corporate Taxation: High Profits, Moderate Tax Revenue

By Stefan Bach in; DIW Economic Bulletin 07/2013.If the revenue from corporate taxation in Germany is divided by the corporate income figures from national accounts, companies' average tax burden for the period 2001 to 2008 is 21 percent. This rate is considerably lower than the statutory tax rates for this period. The reason for this is that tax-reported corporate income was well below macroeconomic ...

"Lack of Training for Young People Continues to be a Cause for Concern". Seven Questions to Karl Brenke

in: DIW Economic Bulletin 07/2013"Lack of Training for Young People Continues to be a Cause for Concern". Seven Questions to Karl Brenke

Labor supply estimation with endogenous rationing. An application to the federal minimum wage in Germany

This paper extends a standard static structural labor supply framework by taking labor demand constraints into account. Contrary to previous papers the rationing risk is not only determined by exogenous demand side factors, but also depends on the individual's productivity. The resulting labor supply elasticities from the extended framework differ from the unconstrained model. This approach is...

Sharp Drop in Youth Unemployment in Germany but Regional Differences Remain

By: Karl Brenke in: DIW Economic Bulletin 07/2013. Youth unemployment in Germany has fallen to its lowest level since reunification. Between 2005 and 2012, unemployment among under 25 year olds has more than halved. By international standards, Germany is in an exceptionally strong position. Nowhere in Europe is youth unemployment lower. However, this is not so much due to structural improvements or ...

Sharp Drop in Youth Unemployment in Germany but Regional Differences Remain

Youth unemployment in Germany has fallen to its lowest level since reunification. Between 2005 and 2012, unemployment among under 25 year olds has more than halved. By international standards, Germany is in an exceptionally strong position. Nowhere in Europe is youth unemployment lower. However, this is not so much due to structural improvements or positive labor market growth than to demographic change: ...

Lack of Training for Young People Continues to be a Cause for Concern: Seven Questions to Karl Brenke

Corporate Taxation: High Profits, Moderate Tax Revenue

If the revenue from corporate taxation in Germany is divided by the corporate income figures from national accounts, companies' average tax burden for the period 2001 to 2008 is 21 percent. This rate is considerably lower than the statutory tax rates for this period. The reason for this is that tax-reported corporate income was well below macroeconomic corporate income. This taxation gap was something ...