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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 …
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In response to strong revenue and income losses that a large share of the self-employed faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a €50bn emergency aid program. Based on real-time online-survey data comprising more than 20,000 observations, we analyze the...
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. The Mini-Jobʺ reform in Germany - introduced on April 1, 2003 - can be seen in line with these policies, exempting labour …
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minimum wage in Germany. We disentangle various factors that explain the variation in previous simulation results. Based on …
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This paper proposes a test for the existence and degree of contagious presenteeism and negative externalities in sickness insurance schemes. First, we theoretically decompose moral hazard into shirking and contagious presenteeism behavior and derive testable conditions. Then, we implement the...
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employment effects of these policies for mothers in Germany. In particular we estimate a structural labor supply model and …
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reform in Germany reduced the length of academic high school while simultaneously increasing the instruction hours in the … students in Germany, we find that this reform decreased enrollment rates. Moreover, students are more likely to delay their …
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In the 2000s, a major educational reform in Germany reduced the academic high school duration by one year while keeping …
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unemployment in Germany, as well as several usually unobserved characteristics like personality traits, attitudes, expectations … significant difference in the estimation of treatment effects, compared to specifications that include detailed labor market …
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