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The Impact of Continuous Training on a Firm’s Innovations

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 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 …

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Training Propensity of Start-ups in Switzerland - A Study Based on Data for the Start-up Cohort 1996-97

Arvanitis, Spyros; Stucki, Tobias - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008

This study is based on data of a cohort of Swiss firms that were founded in 1996/97. In the year 2000 data were collected by means of a postal survey among those firms, which still existed by that time. In 2003 and 2006 two further surveys were conducted among the participants of the respective...

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Are Firm Innovativeness and Firm Age Relevant for the Supply of Vocational Training? – A Study Based on Swiss Micro Data

Arvanitis, Spyros - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008

intensity of apprentice training as measured by the employment share of apprentices. Innovation, firm age and competition … employment, innovation activities, firm age, labour costs, capital intensity, and competitive pressures all play a positive or …

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Educational Choice and Risk Aversion: How Important Is Structural vs. Individual Risk Aversion?

Hartlaub, Vanessa; Schneider, Thorsten - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

According to sociological theories on educational choice, risk aversion is the main driving force for class-specific educational decisions. Families from upper social classes have to opt for the academically most demanding, long-lasting courses to avoid an intergenerational status loss. Families...

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Precautionary Saving and Income Uncertainty in Germany: New Evidence from Microdata

Bartzsch, Nikolaus - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007

The saving ratio of households in Germany has increased in the past few years when the income trend was weak. This could be due to precautionary saving. In this paper, the importance of precautionary saving against income uncertainty is analyzed empirically using micro data from the German...

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The Role of Psychological Traits for the Gender Gap in Full-Time Employment and Wages: Evidence from Germany

Braakmann, Nils - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

This paper shows that differences in various non-cognitive traits, specifically the "big five", positive and negative reciprocity, locus of control and risk aversion, contribute to gender inequalities in wages and employment. Using the 2004 and 2005 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel,...

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Duration of Maternity Leave in Germany: A Case Study of Nonparametric Hazard Models and Penalized Splines

Kuhlenkasper, Torben; Kauermann, Göran - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

The paper investigates maternity leave behavior in West Germany for females being employed between 1995 and 2006 using data from the German Socio Economic Panel. The observational study focuses on the investigation of individual and family-related covariate effects on the duration of maternity...

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The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany

Cornelißen, Thomas; Pfeifer, Christian - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007

We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. Using the rich information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized...

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Risk Attitudes and Wage Growth: Replication and Reconstruction

Budria, Santi; Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

We replicate Shaw (1996) who found that individual wage growth is higher for individuals with greater preference for risk taking. Expanding her dataset with more American observations and data for Germany, Spain and Italy, we find mixed support for the earlier results. We present and estimate a...

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Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs and Their Duration in Self-employment: Evidence from German Micro Data

Block, Jörn; Sandner, Philipp - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

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...

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