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https://hdl.handle.net/10419/14
2024-03-29T06:43:23ZIdentifying the Rebound: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Evidence from a German Household Panel
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18608
Title: Identifying the Rebound: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Evidence from a German Household Panel
Authors: Frondel, Manuel; Peters, Jörg; Vance, Colin
Abstract: Using a panel of household travel diary data collected in Germany between 1997 and 2005, this study assesses the effectiveness of fuel efficiency improvements by econometrically estimating the rebound effect, describing the extent to which higher efficiency causes additional travel.Following a theoretical discussion outlining three alternative definitions of the rebound effect, the econometric analysis generates corresponding estimates using panel methods to control for the effects of unobservables that could otherwise produce spurious results. Our results, which range between 56% and 66%, indicate a rebound that is substantially larger than obtained in other studies, calling into question the efficacy of recently implemented measures in the European Union targeted at technological innovations in the automotive sector.2007-01-01T00:00:00ZDoes Money Buy Higher Schooling? Evidence from Secondary School Track Choice in Germany
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18606
Title: Does Money Buy Higher Schooling? Evidence from Secondary School Track Choice in Germany
Authors: Tamm, Marcus
Abstract: The German schooling system selects children into different secondary school tracks already at a very early stage in life. School track choice heavily influences choices and opportunities later in life. It has often been observed that secondary schooling achievements display a strong correlation with parental income.We use sibling fixed effects models and information on a natural experiment in order to analyze whether this correlation is due to a causal effect of income or due to unobservable factors that themselves might be correlated across generations. Our main findings suggest that income has no positive causal effect on school choice and that differences between high- and low-income households are driven by unobserved heterogeneity, e.g. differences in motivation.2007-01-01T00:00:00ZAlways Poor or Never Poor and Nothing in Between? Duration of Child Poverty in Germany
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18607
Title: Always Poor or Never Poor and Nothing in Between? Duration of Child Poverty in Germany
Authors: Fertig, Michael; Tamm, Marcus
Abstract: This paper analyses the duration of child poverty in Germany. In our sample, we observe the entire income history from the individuals? birth to their coming of age at age 18.Therefore we are able to analyze dynamics in and out of poverty for the entire population of children, whether they become poor at least once or not. Using duration models,we allow poverty exit and re-entry to be correlated even after controlling for observable characteristics and also account for correlations with initial conditions. Our results indicate that household composition, most importantly single parenthood, and the labour market status as well as level of education of the household head are the main driving forces behind exit from and re-entry into poverty and thus determine the (long-term) experience of child poverty. However, unobserved heterogeneity seems to play an important role as well.2007-01-01T00:00:00ZHard Coal Subsidies: A Never-Ending Story?
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18604
Title: Hard Coal Subsidies: A Never-Ending Story?
Authors: Frondel, Manuel; Kambeck, Rainer; Schmidt, Christoph M.
Abstract: In Germany, hard coal has been subsidized for almost half a century. Despite the declining significance of hard coal production for the domestic labor market, the magnitude of subsidies increased until the middle of the last decade. In 1996, they peaked at ¤ 6.7 bill.While German hard coal subsidies have been shrinking to ¤ 2.7 bill. in 2005, it is very likely that they will be extended well into the next decade and even beyond. This article discusses the feeble arguments raised by the proponents of hard coal subsidization in Germany and other EU countries. Most importantly, in addition to the drain imposed on public budgets, these subsidies imply a substantial opportunity cost, leading funds away from alternative, more beneficial public investments. From a social welfare perspective, we therefore recommend the rapid abolition of these subsidies not only in Germany, where in nominal terms the accumulated amount of subsidies has now by far exceeded ¤ 130 bill., but all across Europe.2006-01-01T00:00:00Z