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Dynamic Models of R&D, Innovation and Productivity: Panel Data Evidence for Dutch and French Manufacturing
Raymond, Wladimir; Mairesse, Jacques; Mohnen, Pierre; … - CESifo - 2013
This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly … Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and … of stronger persistence in productivity than in innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670799
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Don't Raise the Retirement Age! An Experiment on Opposition to Pension Reforms and East-West Differences in Germany
Scheubel, Beatrice; Schunk, Daniel; Winter, Joachim - CESifo - 2009
For policy reforms to increase a society's welfare, reliable information on people's prefer-ences and expectations is crucial. Representative opinion polls, often involving simplified questions about the complex topics under debate, are an important source of information for both policy-makers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013952
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How Efficient is the East German Economy? An Exploration With Micro Data
Funke, Michael; Rahn, Jörg - CESifo - 2000
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of the East German economy at the firm level using an unbalanced panel over the transition period 1994 to 1998. We adopt a translog stochastic frontier model to estimate technical efficiency in eastern and western Germany. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181620
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The Employment of Mothers - Recent Developments and their Determinants in East and West Germany
Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - CESifo - 2010
We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671706
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Good Institutions are not enough: Ongoing Challenges of East German Development
Carlin, Wendy - CESifo - 2010
A major theme in accounts of the transitional recession and delayed convergence in post-communist economies is the role of institutions. Yet via unification, East Germany had immediate access to credible, high quality institutions. This paper argues that success in a capitalist economy depends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671711
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Urban Shrinkage in Eastern Germany
Bartholomae, Florian W.; Nam, Chang Woon; Schoenberg, Alina - CESifo - 2015
This paper questions the widely applied parallelism of demographic and economic development in characterizing urban shrinkage in Germany, and argues that the usage of population change as a single indicator leads to incorrect policy recommendations for combating urban shrinkage. As the cases of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165506
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Productivity as if Space Mattered: An Application to Factor Markets Across China
Cheng, Wenya; Morrow, John; Tacharoen, Kitjawat - CESifo - 2013
results quantify the role of regional factor markets in firm productivity and location. Considering modern China as a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877649
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Productivity Response to a Contract Change
Jayaraman, Rajshri; Ray, Debraj; Véricourt, Francis de - CESifo - 2014
This paper studies the productivity impact of a contract change for tea pluckers in an Indian plantation. The contract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877659
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The Real Exchange Rate in the Long Run: Balassa-Samuelson Effects Reconsidered
Bordo, Michael D.; Choudhri, Ehsan U.; Fazio, Giorgio; … - CESifo - 2014
Historical data for over hundred years and 14 countries is used to estimate the long-run effect of productivity on the … real exchange rate. We find large variations in the productivity effect across four distinct monetary regimes in the sample … argue that changes in trade costs over time may affect the impact of productivity on the real exchange rate over time. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877817
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Firm Performance and Trade with Low-Income Countries: Evidence from China
Schmerer, Hans-Jörg; Wang, Luhang - CESifo - 2014
evidence for sequential sorting into different export-modes according to firm productivity: i) only the most productive firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010888447