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Survival of Spinoffs and Other Startups: First Evidence for the Private Sector in Germany, 1976-2008
Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
find that spinoffs are less likely to exit than other startups. We show that in West and East Germany and in all sectors …Using a 50 percent sample of all establishments in the German private sector, we report that spinoffs are larger and … initially employ more skilled and more experienced workers than other startups. Controlling for these and other differences, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686907
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Lingering Illness or Sudden Death? Pre-Exit Employment Developments in German Establishments
Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271998
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Establishment Exits in Germany: The Role of Size and Age
Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649816
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Is Innovative Firm Behavior Correlated with Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce? Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959523
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Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce, Productivity and Profits: Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652531
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Worker Directors: A German Product that Didn't Export?
Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Despite its lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasi-parity codetermination at company level has held up remarkably well. We recount the theoretical arguments for and against codetermination and survey the empirical evidence on the effects of the institution, tracing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822465
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One-third Codetermination at Company Supervisory Boards and Firm Performance in German Manufacturing Industries: First Direct Evidence from a New Type of Enterprise Data
Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the co-determination – firm performance nexus by using a new type of data that combines information on the co-determination status of enterprises from a commercial data base and supplementary information collected from the firms with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103282
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Crowdfunding, Cascades and Informed Investors
Parker, Simon C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Do higher proportions of (a) informed investors and (b) high-quality projects increase the number of good projects that are ultimately financed via crowdfunding? A simple model and simulation reveals the answers to both questions to be: 'not necessarily'.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747357
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Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We conduct a randomized experiment in Sri Lanka to measure the impact of the most commonly used business training course in developing countries, the Start-and-Improve Your Business (SIYB) program. In contrast to existing business training evaluations which are restricted to microfinance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735639
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FDI Impact on Firm Performance in Enlarged Europe: Evidence from a Meta-Regression Analysis
Bruno, Randolph Luca; Cipollina, Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper combines, explains and summarizes recent findings from the empirical literature focusing on the FDI's effect on firms' performances by collecting all the relevant firm level quantitative studies to run a regression of regressions focused on Enlarged Europe. The results show that there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884079