We analyze the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer … the probability of reporting innovation, with a larger effect size for product than for process innovations. Moreover …, micro firms benefit in a comparable way from innovation processes as larger firms, as they are similarly able to increase …

In the 2000s, a major educational reform in Germany reduced the academic high school duration by one year while keeping …

This paper examines the effects of a substantial change in publicly funded paid parental leave in Germany on child …

outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …

educated (high earning) and low educated (low earning) women, I exploit a major maternity leave benefit reform in Germany that …

-employee data. Estimation results reveal a sizable positive average impact on wages in East Germany and no effect in West Germany …The very first minimum wage in Germany was introduced in 1997 for blue-collar workers in sub-sectors of the …-collar workers are used as control groups for differences-in-differences-in-differences estimation based on linked employer …