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The Depressing Effect of Agricultural Institutions on the Prewar Japanese Economy

Hayashi, Fumio - 2006

The question we address in this paper is why the Japanese miracle didn't take place until after World War II. For much of the pre-WWII period, Japan's real GNP per worker was not much more than a third of that of the U.S., with falling capital intensity. We argue that its major cause is a...

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Germany's Economic Unification : An Assessment after Ten Years

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2000

A political miracle occurred when Germany was reunited, and at first glance an economic miracle has followed. Real … west Germany. Excessively high wages coupled with investment incentives that made the cost of capital negative rank high …

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The Gender Gap in Earnings Losses after Job Displacement

Illing, Hannah; Schmieder, Johannes; Trenkle, Simon - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

for women is scarce. Using administrative data from Germany, we apply an event study design in combination with propensity …

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Hysteresis and the European Unemployment Problem

Blanchard, Olivier J. - 1986

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The Impact of Pollution Abatement Investment on Productivity Change : AnEmpirical Comparison of the U.S., Germany, and Canada

Conrad, Klaus - 1985

and Germany, and thereby assess the impact of increased pollution abatement capital regulation on productivity growth. Our …

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R&D, Production Structure, and Productivity Growth in the U.S., Japaneseand German Manufacturing Sectors

Mohnen, Pierre A. - 1984

.S., Japan and Germany. A dynamic factor demand model with two variable inputs (labor and energy)and two quasi-fixed inputs …

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The Reservation Wage of Unemployed Persons in the Federal Republic of Germany : Theory and Empirical Tests

Franz, Wolfgang - 1980

This study examines the determinants of the reservation wage of unemployed persons in the Federal Republic of Germany …

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Evidence on Job Search Models from a Survey of Unemployed Workers in Germany

DellaVigna, Stefano - 2020

-message-based survey of unemployed workers in Germany. We surveyed 6,800 UI recipients twice a week for 4 months about their job search …

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Does Temporary Help Work Provide a Stepping Stone to Regular Employment?

Kvasnicka, Michael - 2008

Based on administrative data from the federal employment services in Germany, this paper applies statistical matching …

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Innovation and Productivity across Four European Countries

Griffith, Rachel - 2006

This paper compares the role innovation plays in productivity across the four European countries France, Germany, Spain …

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