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Die Einführung der Praxisgebühr und ihre Wirkung auf die Zahl der Arztkontakte und die Kontaktfrequenz: eine empirische Analyse
Grabka, Markus M.; Schreyögg, Jonas; Busse, Reinhard - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005
As part of the Statutory Health Insurance Modernization Act a co-payment of €10 per quarter for the first contact at a … consolidation of the Statutory Health Insurance the co-payment aimed at changing the patients' behaviour towards more … physician contacts still take place e.g. in case of disabled persons and persons with poor health. In addition no discrimination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068642
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Outsourcing and Firm-level Performance
Görzig, Bernd; Stephan, Andreas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2002
Using firm-level panel data from the German cost structure survey over the period 1992 to 2000, our empirical analysis shows that firms that increased material inputs relative to internal labor costs performed better in terms of gross operating surplus than other firms. However, firms that...
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Intangibles, Can They Explain the Dispersion in Return Rates?
Görzig, Bernd; Gornig, Martin - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
It is argued that the observed return rates on capital at firm-level have an upward bias if firms are producing with unobserved intangible capital. Using EUKLEED, a comprehensive firm level data base for Germany, this theoretical preposition is proved empirically. Furthermore, making unobserved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530631
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Allocative Efficiency Measurement Revisited: Do We Really Need Input Prices?
Badunenko, Oleg; Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
The traditional approach to measuring allocative efficiency is based on input prices, which are rarely known at the firm level. This paper proposes a new approach to measure allocative efficiency which is based on the output-oriented distance to the frontier in a profit - technical efficiency...
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Outsourcing, Foreign Ownership and Productivity: Evidence from UK Establishment Level Data
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003
This paper presents an empirical analysis of "outsourcing" using establishment level data for UK manufacturing industries. We analyse an establishment's decision to outsource and the subsequent effects of outsourcing on the establishment's productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069041
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Downsizing in German Chemical Manufacturing Industry during the 1990s: Why Small Is Beautiful?
Badunenko, Oleg - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
German chemical manufacturing industry is marked by two major structural changes during 1992-2004. Firstly, number of firms was ranging extensively: from 676 to 901, while only 96 firms represented balanced panel. Secondly, size of the firm dropped considerably-by 88%. This paper is intended to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069049
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Temporary Agency Work and Firm Competitiveness: Evidence from German Manufacturing Firms
Nielen, Sebastian; Schiersch, Alexander - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
This paper addresses the relationship between the utilization of temporary agency workers by firms and their competitiveness measured by unit labor costs, using a rich, newly built, data set of German manufacturing enterprises. The analysis is conducted by applying different panel data models...
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The Welfare Impact of Parallel Imports: A Structural Approach Applied to the German Market for Oral Anti-Diabetics
Duso, Tomaso; Herr, Annika; Suppliet, Moritz - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014
We investigate the welfare impact of parallel imports using a large panel data set containing monthly information on sales, ex-factory prices, and further product characteristics for all 700 anti-diabetic drugs sold in Germany between 2004 and 2010. We estimate a two-stage nested logit model of...
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Wettbewerb aller Krankenversicherungen kann Qualität verbessern und Kosten des Gesundheitswesens senken
Buchholz, Wolfgang; Edener, Birgit; Grabka, Markus; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001
A draft of a reform towards "socially bounded competition" within the health care system indicates, first of all, that … implement increased competition in the health insurance system of Germany (or somewhere else), detailed analyses are needed and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963617
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Optionen der Weiterentwicklung des Risikostrukturausgleichs in der GKV
Breyer, Friedrich; Kifmann, Mathias - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2001
preserving incentives for an efficient delivery of health care services. In particular, we examine the inclusion of additional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963882