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Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing Firms: Self-Selection, Learning from Importing, or Both?
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … for trading internationally are about the same in West and East Germany. Compared to firms that do not trade at all two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822289
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Union Membership and Age: The Inverted U-Shape Hypothesis under Test
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822662
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Self-Selection into Export Markets by Business Services Firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Temouri, Yama; Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611328
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The German Manufacturing Sector is a Granular Economy
Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Using the approach suggested by Gabaix (Econometrica 2011) this paper demonstrates that idiosyncratic shocks in the largest firms are important for an understanding of aggregate volatility in German manufacturing industries. The implications of this finding for theoretical and empirical research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371863
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Foreign Ownership and Firm Survival: First Evidence for Enterprises in Germany
Wagner, Joachim; Gelübcke, Weche; Philipp, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival for enterprises in Germany using … providing the first evidence on the role of foreign ownership for firm survival in Germany, one of the most important … for foreign owned firms in West Germany but not in East Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395445
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Exports and Firm Characteristics in German Manufacturing Industries
Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
policy makers in an evidence based way. This holds true especially for Germany, a leading actor on the world markets for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682949
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Establishment Exits in Germany: The Role of Size and Age
Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649816
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Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce, Productivity and Profits: Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652531
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The Microstructure of the Great Export Collapse in German Manufacturing Industries, 2008/2009
Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
the micro-structure of the recent export collapse in manufacturing industries in Germany during the crisis of 2008 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653980
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Is Innovative Firm Behavior Correlated with Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce? Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959523