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This study deals with the effect of fixed-term contracts on work-related training. Though previous studies found a negative effect of fixed-term contracts on the participation in training, from the theoretical point of view it is not clear whether workers with fixed-term contracts receive less or more training, compared to workers with permanent contracts. In addition to the existing strand of literature, ...
Halle:
Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH),
2006,
(IWH-Discussion Papers No. 14)
| Jan Sauermann
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In:
SPRC Newsletter
SPRC Newsletter
| Peter Saunders, Timothy M. Smeeding
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Empirical studies of household saving remain inconclusive about the role of bequest motives. This may be due to the diluting effect of different tax regimes across countries and time on estimates of bequest motives. Relative to market-based economies, the former German Democratic Republic can be viewed as an experimental institutional setting where life-insurance demand was not influenced by tax considerations. ...
In:
German Economic Review
15 (2012), 2, 272-286
| Nicolas Sauter
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This letter finds that East Germans with strong social ties invested earlier in a popular new financial product after reunification, while long-term ownership remained unaffected. Hence, studies of the economic impact of social networks should distinguish transitory from long-run effects.
In:
Economics Letters
134 (2015), September 2015, 45-48
| Nicolas Sauter
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This paper studies the role of taxation and bequest motives in households’ demand for life insurance. We develop a stylized three-period life cycle model of life insurance demand and test its predictions regarding tax changes and bequests motives. An unexpected halving of the tax exemption limit for interest and dividend income in Germany allows us to identify the impact of changes in taxation on the ...
In:
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
14 (2015), 4, 525-553
| Nicolas Sauter, Jan Walliser, Joachim Winter
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We present new evidence for the importance of taxation in households' investment decisions. A difference-in-difference analysis shows that a tax reform in Germany which revoked the tax exemption of life insurance returns triggered a significant increase in demand prior to the reform.
In:
Economics Letters
108 (2010), 2, 193-196
| Nicolas Sauter, Joachim Winter
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The paper investigates the effectiveness of the median voter as a decisive agent in the process of redistribution. According to the previous literature, it tests several assumptions finding interesting results: The positive relation between inequality and redistribution is confirmed, but the median voter theorem seems not to be the driving force of this mechanism. Even if some results support the median ...
Luxembourg:
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS),
2009,
(Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 516)
| Francesco Scervini
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Walferdange (Luxemburg):
CEPS/INSTEAD,
1993,
(PACO Document No. 2)
| Gaston Schaber
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Colchester:
University of Essex,
1992,
(European Scientific Network on Household Panel Studies (ESF) Working Paper No. 29)
| Gaston Schaber, Günther Schmaus, Gert G. Wagner
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Walferdange (Luxemburg):
CEPS/INSTEAD,
1993,
(PACO Document No. 1)
| Gaston Schaber, Günther Schmaus, Gert G. Wagner