CESifo DICE Report 2004

CESifo DICE Report 4/2004 (Winter)

Forum: Institutional Comparison in Educational Production (Ludger W��mann) / Stratified or Compehensive? Some Economic Considerations on the Design of Secondary Education (Giorgio Brunello)/ Recruiting High-Quality Teachers (Peter Dolton) / High Grading Standards Improve Student Performance (David N. Figlio and Maurice E. Lucas) / United States Lessons about School Accountability (Eric A. Hanushek) / School Choice and School Quality in the US (Thomas Nechyba) / Public versus Private University Systems (Georg Psacharopoulos) / Research Reports: Learning from Abroad: Chances and Limitations of Transferring Institutions (Wolfgang Ochel) / Reform Models: Work after the Age of Fifty: Switzerland in an International Comparison (Giovanni Ferro Luzzi and Anne Sonnet) / Database: Statutory Minimum Wages / Expenditure Rules / Wage Setting Institutions / Mortgage Banks / Employment Protection Regulation / Evolution of Health-Care Reforms / News: New at DICE Database, EIRO, Conferences

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Publisher: Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich 2004

Language of publication English

Article number 11112004004000

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CESifo DICE Report 3/2004 (Autumn)

Forum: Dual Income Tax: The Dual Income Tax System - An Overview (Robin Boadway)/ Norwegian Income Tax Reforms (Vidar Christiansen) / Dual Income Tax: A Pragmatic Reform Alternative for Germany (Christoph Spengel and Wolfgang Wiegard)/Towards Dual Income Taxes - A Country-Comparative Perspective; Research Reports: Public Procurement Agreements (Rene Frey, Christoph Kilchenmann, Nicolai Krautter) / The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Competitiveness in the European Cement Industry (Ursula Triebswetter, David Osterkamp)/Child Support and Children's Tax Allowances in Selected European Countries (R�diger Parsche, Rigmar Osterkamp); Reform Models: Health-care Reforms in Singapore (Jonas Schrey�gg, Lim Meng Kin); Database: Inflation Targeting / Reducing Incentives to Early Retirement / Tresholds for Paying Income Tax / Shadow Economy and Undeclared Work / Tuition Fees and Student Loans; News: New at DICE Database, Conferences, Books

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Publisher: Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich 2004

Language of publication English

Article number 11112004003000

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CESifo DICE Report 2/2004 (Summer)

Forum: Institutions and Economic Performance - To Grow or Not to Grow: Why Institutions Must Make a Difference (Thorvaldur Gylfason) / Getting Institutions Right (Dani Rodrik) / Fast-moving and Slow-moving Institutions (G�rard Roland); Research Reports: Employment Opportunities for Older Workers: A Comparison of Selected OECD Countries (Lothar Funk) / Bankruptcy Policy Reform and the Productivity Dynamics of Failing Firms: Micro-evidence on Korea (Youngjae Lim) / The Influence of Labour Market Institutions on the Disemployment Effects of the Minimum Wage (David Neumark and William Wascher) / Taxing Means of Agricultural Production in Germany: A Relatively High Tax Burden Compared to Other Important EU Competitors (R�diger Parsche and Doina Radulescu) / Assessing Old-age Pension Benefits: The Rules Applied in Different Countries (Martin Werding); Reform Models: Welfare Time Limits in the United States (Charles Michalopoulos) / Competitive Tendering and Contracting of Temporary Work Agencies in Germany (Wolfgang Ochel); Database: Starting a Business / Port Efficiency / Dismissal Protection in Europe / Expansionary Effects of Fiscal Consolidation? / Teachers and the Adaptation of Upper Secondary Education to Information and Communication Technology / Fiscal Rules; News: New at DICE Database, Social Security Programs Throughout the World, Eurydice, Conferences.

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Publisher: Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich 2004

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Article number 11112004002000

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CESifo DICE Report 1/2004 (Spring)

Forum: Decentralising the public sector: Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth: Is there Really a Link? (Fritz Breuss and Markus Eller) / The Impact of Decentralisation on Service Delivery, Corruption, Fiscal Management and Growth in Developing and Emerging Market Economies: A Synthesis of Empirical Evidence (Anwar Shah, Theresa Thompson and Heng-fu Zou) / Fiscal Decentralisation as a Mechanism to Modernise the State � Truths and Myths (Leonardo E. Letelier Saavedra) / What Drives Fiscal Decentralisation? (Ugo Panizza) / Transition and the Recent Reforms in Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the Czech Republic (Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Jo�o do Carmo Oliveira); Research Reports: Environmental Taxes: A Comparison of French and Swedish Experience from Taxes on Industrial Air Pollution (Katrin Millock, C�line Nauges and Thomas Sterner) / A Note on Public Spending Efficiency (Ant�nio Afonso); Reform Models: What Can be Learned from Continental Europe�s Largest Privatisation Program? � Italy 1993 to 2003 (Andrea Goldstein) / Employment Pacts in Italy 1992 to 2002 (Sascha O. Becker); Database: Macroeconomic Management of Decentralised Fiscal Decisions / Individual Learning Accounts / Index of Performance of Family Related Policies / Capital Income Taxation in Europe / The Early Retirement Burden in OECD Countries / Two Waves of Pension Reforms in Eastern Europe; News: New at DICE Database, Conferences

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Publisher: Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich 2004

Keywords

DECENTRALISING THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Language of publication English

Article number 11112004001000

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