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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 - 2012

This empirical paper documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly...

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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 - 2012

This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...

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Shortening the potential duration of unemployment benefits and labor market outcomes : evidence from a natural experiment in Germany

Petrunyk, Inna; Pfeifer, Christian - 2018

This paper explores the effects of a major reform of unemployment benefits in Germany on the labor market outcomes of … unemployment benefits for older workers. This work analyzes the reform in a wider framework of institutional interactions, which … decrease in the number of days in unemployment benefits and increase in the number of days in employment. However, they also …

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A note on risk aversion and labour market outcomes : further evidence from German survey data

Pfeifer, Christian (contributor) - 2008

Using the large-scale German Socio-Economic Panel, this note reports direct empirical evidence for significant correlations between risk aversion and labour market outcomes (full-time employment, temporary agency work, fixed-term contracts, employer change, quits, training, wages, and job...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003719634