Subsidizing extra jobs [Elektronische Ressource] : the economics of marginal employment subsidies / Verf.: Andreas Knabe

SUBSIDIZING EXTRA JOBS THE ECONOMICS OF MARGINAL EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES Inauguraldissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doctor rerum politicarum vorgelegt und angenommen an der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg Verfasser: Andreas Knabe Geburtsdatum und –ort: 9. März 1978, Burg Arbeit eingereicht am: 4. Oktober 2007 Gutachter der Dissertation: Prof. Dr. Ronnie Schöb Prof. Dr. Joachim Weimann Datum der Disputation: 8. Februar 2008 Acknowledgements This dissertation was written during my time as a Research Assistent at the Chair of Public Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. I am most grateful to Ronnie Schöb, who directed the Chair of Public Economics, for giving me the opportunity to pursue my research interests and for his encouragement and support throughout the project. Without his academic guidance, his soft, but determined pressure for results and his enthusiasm to prove that economic theory can make a difference to economic policymaking, this dissertation would never have been completed. I would also like to thank my colleagues at the Chair of Public Economics – Bertrand Koebel, Jan König and Sven Wehke – for their inspiring company, many fruitful discussions and their friendship.