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Everything you Always Wanted to Know About Inventors (But Never Asked): Evidence from the PatVal-EU Survey
Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187255
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The Impact of Continuous Training on a Firm’s Innovations
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - CESifo - 2008
implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in …Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … incumbent workers’ knowledge, based on experience, and knowledge about the latest technologies, along with the skills needed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405807
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Personalized medicine as innovation : what can Germany learn from the USA
Kichko, Katharina - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012065287
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EMU Enlargement, Policy Uncertainty and Economic Reforms
Hefeker, Carsten - CESifo - 2006
The paper analyzes the relation between monetary uncertainty and government incentives to implement economic reforms that reduce structural distortions and make economies more flexible. It is shown that uncertainty about the central bank’s reaction function leads to more reforms. I relate this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013053
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Labor Market Regulation and the Legal System
Hefeker, Carsten; Neugart, Michael - CESifo - 2007
When enacting labor market regulation governments face courts that interpret and implement the legal code. We show that the incentives for governments for labor market reform increase with the uncertainty that is involved in the implementation of legal codes through courts. Given that judges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013035
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The Employment Effects of Labor and Product Markets Deregulation and their Implications for Structural Reform
Berger, Helge; Danninger, Stephan - CESifo - 2006
This study explores the effects of labor and product market deregulation on employment growth. Our empirical results, based on an OECD country panel from 1990-2004, suggest that lower levels of product and labor market regulation foster employment growth, including through sizable interaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181330
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Bohemians, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - CESifo - 2009
An emerging literature on the geography of bohemians argues that a region’s lifestyle and cultural amenities explain, at least partly, the unequal distribution of highly qualified people across space, which in turn, explains geographic disparities in economic growth. However, to date, there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013060
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Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs and their Duration in Self-employment: Evidence from German Micro Data
Block, Jörn H.; Sandner, Philipp G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), we analyze whether necessity entrepreneurs differ from opportunity entrepreneurs in terms of self-employment duration. Using univariate statistics, we find that opportunity entrepreneurs remain in self-employment longer than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005157503
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Temporary Employment, Job Flows and Productivity: A Tale of two Reforms
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Dell'Aringa, Carlo; Leonardi, Marco - CESifo - 2011
We investigate the effects of two reforms of temporary employment using panel data on Italian firms. We exploit variation in their implementation across regions and sectors for identification. We find that the reform of apprenticeship contracts increased job turnover and induced the substitution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009221556
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Lifting the Veil: The Face of TFP in an Indian Rail Mill
Das, Sanghamitra; Krishna, Kala M.; Lychagin, Sergey; … - CESifo - 2011
, suggesting that such investments can have very high returns. Our work suggests very high returns to knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225826