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Aerts, Kris; Kraft, Kornelius; Lang, Julia - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

We investigate the effect of profit-sharing on product and process innovation. Profit-sharing is a credible commitment of the companies to let the employees participate in any efficiency gain. Resistance against technical progress becomes less plausible. Moreover, employees are stimulated to...

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Sectoral Differences in Wage Freezes and Wage Cuts: Evidence from a new Firm Survey

Radowski, Daniel; Bonin, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

The paper provides evidence concerning incidence and sources of nominal wage rigidity in services and manufacturing, using a new and large employer survey on wage and price setting behaviour for Germany. We observe that wage freezes are more frequent in services than in manufacturing, whereas...

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A Simple Test of the Efficiency Wage Hypothesis Revisited

Dastani, Parsis; Laisney, François; Vouillaume, Sophie - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1997

Gerlach and Stephan (1994) proposed a test based on the idea that the wage premium, the part of the wage which is not explained by the stock of human capital, should help predict variables such as career expectations (quit, change occupation, leave the labour force) and some job characteristics...

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Selbständigkeit in Europa 1991 - 2003: Empirische Evidenz mit Länderdaten

Göggel, Kathrin; Gräb, Johannes; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006

In dieser Studie werden ausgewählte makroökonomische Determinanten der Anzahl der Selbständigen in fünfzehn Ländern Europas untersucht. Datenbasis sind die Arbeitskräfteerhebungen der Europäischen Union für die Jahre 1991 ? 2003. Ausgangspunkt der Studie ist der Rückgang der Anzahl der...

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What active labour market programmes work for immigrants in Europe? A meta-analysis of the evaluation literature

Butschek, Sebastian; Walter, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

combat immigrant unemployment: training, job search assistance, and subsidised public and private sector employment. We find …

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Physical activity of adults: A survey of correlates, determinants, and effects

Cabane, Charlotte; Lechner, Michael - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

We survey the literature on the link of labour market related outcomes to individ-ual physical activity and sports participation. The first part of the survey is devoted to the individual participation decision and is based on papers from various disciplines. The sec-ond part summarises parts of...

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Unemployment and labor reallocation in Europe

Hogrefe, Jan; Sachs, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

We ask whether sectoral shocks and the subsequent labor reallocation are responsible for unemployment within selected … is linked to unemployment in country specific dynamic models. For Spain, the ADL-model estimation reveals a significant … impact of sectoral reallocation on unemployment that goes beyond usual business cycle patterns. In Italy, there is weaker yet …

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