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Self-Selection into Export Markets by Business Services Firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Temouri, Yama; Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages … services firms into exporting does not show up among firms from France and the UK where no statistically significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611328
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The Gradual Transformation of Continental European Labor Markets: France and Germany Compared
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566813
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Income Taxation and Household Size: Would French Family Splitting Make German Families Better Off?
Baclet, Alexandre; Dell, Fabien; Wrohlich, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …. Actually, low income families with less than three children even fare better in terms of tax relief in Germany than in France …In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762279
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Kurzarbeit: Sinnvoller Konjunkturpuffer oder verlängertes Arbeitslosengeld?
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Angesichts der gegenwärtigen Rezession hat die Politik in Deutschland die Leistungen der Kurzarbeit ausgeweitet, indem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615425
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Surviving the Turbulence Is Not Enough: Can Côte d'Ivoire Flourish Again?
Constant, Amelie F.; Tien, Bienvenue N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Côte d'Ivoire is the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans, it accounts for 40% of the WAEMU's output, and 11% of its population are immigrant workers. Any political instability in the country will not only affect the domestic economy, but it will also affect the international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294829
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What Can We Learn About the Decline in U.S. Union Membership from International Data?
Polachek, Solomon W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper is composed of two parts. First, using international data, I corroborate that union density in the U.S. declined because of asymmetric growth between the union and nonunion sectors. I show union density to increase in countries experiencing strong manufacturing growth, and to decline...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703802
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Geographic Proximity, Trade and International Conflict/Cooperation
Robst, John; Polachek, Solomon; Chang, Yuan-Ching - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822632
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On the Multivariate Analysis of the "Lisbon Process"
Heshmati, Almas; Tausch, Arno; Bajalan, Chemen S.J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Starting from Professor Kornai’s assertion about the necessity to focus on the long-term perspectives of the transformation process, we analyze in this paper the Lisbon performance of the countries of the European Union from such a long-term, structural perspective. We present in a simple form...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762392
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Testing an EU-Candidate's Place on the Maps of Global Economic, Political and Social Values: The Case of Turkey
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Following the attempt by Alesina and Guiliano (2013) to measure global culture and to project these measurements onto real choropleth geographical world maps, we utilize the data from the World Values Survey (WVS) to arrive at robust measurement scales of global economic, political and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764609
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The Impact of Cultural Diversity on Innovation: Evidence from Dutch Firm-Level Data
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
administrative data obtained from Statistics Netherlands. Excluding firms in the hospitality industry and other industries that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323544