development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …

Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear "shadow of death" effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …

first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between productivity and size of the export market for Germany, a leading … more productive than firms that sell their products in Germany only, but less productive than firms that export to …

manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the … share of female employees. This finding might indicate that lower productivity of women is (over)compensated by lower wage … costs for women, which might be driven by general labor market discrimination against women. …

the micro-structure of the recent export collapse in manufacturing industries in Germany during the crisis of 2008 …

This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival for enterprises in Germany using … providing the first evidence on the role of foreign ownership for firm survival in Germany, one of the most important … for foreign owned firms in West Germany but not in East Germany. …

Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …

major immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a relatively weak record of immigrant assimilation. For identification … after eight years of residency in Germany, while adults faced a 15-year residency requirement. Since 2000, all immigrants … performance. Based on the eligibility rules, we find few returns of citizenship for men, but substantial returns for women …