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with low-level regional data, including the vote shares of three right-wing parties as a proxy for regional racism. The …
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This paper introduces a new and simple decomposition method for a binary choice model that is equivalent to the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis for wage differentials. The decomposition method is first developed for a single probit model and later generalized to a simultaneous equations...
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This paper investigates the determinants of racial harassment at the workplace and its impact, via job satisfaction, on intentions to quit. Using data for ethnic minority nurses in Britain, we find that nearly 40% of nurses have experienced racial harassment from work colleagues, whilst more...
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Export, Auslandsinvestition, Wissensproduktion, Deutschland - Exports, foreign direct investment, knowledge production … function, Germany …Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms …
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This paper presents the first empirical test with German establishment level data of a hypothesis derived by Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either trough exports or foreign direct investment: only the more...
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This paper presents the first nonparametric test whether German works councils go hand in hand with higher labor productivity or not. It distinguishes between establishments that are covered by collective bargaining or not. Results from a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for first order stochastic...
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Using OLS and quantile regression methods and rich cross-section data sets for western and eastern Germany, this paper …
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Mikroökonometrische Studien mit Firmendaten aus vielen Ländern zeigen, dass exportierende Firmen eine höhere Produktivität aufweisen als Firmen, die lediglich den jeweiligen Binnenmarkt ihres Sitzlandes beliefern, und dass es einen Selbstselektionsprozess der produktiveren Firmen auf...
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Das Drittelbeteiligungsgesetz (DritttelbG) verpflichtet GmbHs mit mehr als 500 und weniger als Beschäftigten einen Aufsichtsrat einzurichten und ein Drittel der Aufsichtsratssitze mit Vertretern der Belegschaft zu besetzen. Diese Untersuchung belegt erstmals, dass im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe rund...
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