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Labor market adjustments after a large import shock : evidence from the German clothing industry and the multi-fibre arrangement
Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
industries and occupations. -- Import shock ; adjustment ; clothing industry ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003926723
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Higher productivity in importing German manufacturing firms : self-selection, learning from importing, or both?
Vogel, Alexander (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008
document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … for trading internationally are about the same in West and East Germany. Compared to firms that do not trade at all two …-by-importing. -- Imports ; exports ; productivity ; enterprise panel data ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779041
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Exports and profitability : first evidence for German manufacturing firms
Fryges, Helmut (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008
Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It …. -- Exports ; profitability ; micro data ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771833
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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : evidence from quantile regressions
Wagner, Joachim; Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Using quantile regressions and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing plants, this paper reports that the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along the conditional distribution of value added per employee. It emerges that the positive and statistically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002504494
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Productivity premia for German manufacturing firms exporting to the Euro-area and beyond : first evidence from robust fixed effects estimations
Verardi, Vincenzo; Wagner, Joachim - 2010
This paper makes three contributions. (1) It summarizes in tabular form a recent literature made of 36 micro-econometric studies for 16 different countries on the relationship between export destination and firm performance. (2) It reports estimates of the productivity premium of German firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003968468
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The exporter productivity premium along the productivity distribution : first evidence from a quantile regression approach for fixed effects data models
Powell, David; Wagner, Joachim - 2010
manufacturing enterprises in Germany, one of the leading actors in the world market for goods. We show that the premium decreases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796733
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Exports and productivity growth : first evidence from a continuous treatment approach
Fryges, Helmut (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2007
A recent survey of 54 micro-econometric studies reveals that exporting firms are more productive than non-exporters. On the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible reason for this result is that most previous studies are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003592053
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Are nascent entrepreneurs "Jacks-of-all-trades"? : a test of Lazear's theory of entrepreneurship with German data
Wagner, Joachim - In: Applied economics 38 (2006) 20, pp. 2415-2419
In a recent paper Edward Lazear proposed the "Jack-of-all-trades" view of entrepreneurship. Based on a coherent model of the choice between self-employment and paid employment he shows that having a background in a large number of different roles increases the probability of becoming an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003393923
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Offshoring and firm performance : self-selection, effects on performance, or both?
Wagner, Joachim - 2009
what is often argued, therefore, we find no evidence for a negative causal effect of offshoring on employment in Germany or … on other core dimensions of firm performance. -- Offshoring ; Germany ; enterprise panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923926
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Robust estimation of linear fixed effects panel data models with an application to the exporter productivity premium
Verardi, Vincenzo; Wagner, Joachim - 2010
In empirical studies it often happens that some variables for some units are far away from the other observations in the sample. These extreme observations, or outliers, often have a large impact on the results of statistical analyses – conclusions based on a sample with and without these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962105