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True versus spurious state dependence in firm performance : the case West German exports

Kaiser, Ulrich (contributor); … - 2004

evidence of state dependence in the current export status of firms. Unobserved permanent firm heterogeneity ("spurious state …

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Zum Zusammenhang zwischen Größe und Wachstum bei Gründungen : empirische Ergebnisse für West-Deutschland

Almus, Matthias; Nerlinger, Eric A. - 1999

The present paper deals with the question whether 'Gibrat's law' is applicable to firms founded between 1989 and 1996 within the Western German manufacturing sector or not. The underlying assumption is that size of a firm has no influence on its growth. Growth is rather determined by a process...

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A dynamic heterogeneous labour demand model for German manufacturing

Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2000

This paper presents an application of the Generalised Error Correction Model (GECM) for heterogeneous factor demands based on the quadratic cost function. Using data for 26 West German manufacturing industries over the period 1976-1995, it turns out that less general specifications such as the...

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Flexibilität der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur und Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit : eine ökonometrische Analyse für Westdeutschland

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1998

Dieser Beitrag nimmt aus theoretischer und ökonometrischer Sicht zu der Kontroverse über die Bedeutung der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur zur Erklärung der Beschäftigungsstruktur Stellung. Basierend auf einer Einteilung in drei Qualifikationsgruppen zeigt sich empirisch, dass die Entlohnung...

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Industrial change, stability of relative earnings, and substitution of unskilled labor in West-Germany

Steiner, Viktor; Mohr, Robert D. - 1998

We analyze the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in the West German economy, in particular its relation to the relatively rigid earnings structure. We find that the substitution elasticity between unskilled and skilled labor is rather low in most sectors of the economy....

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Regional convergence and economic performance : a case study of the West German Laender

Buscher, Herbert S.; Felder, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 1999

In the paper we analyze the convergence process of the West German Laender from 1970 to 1995 using descriptive tools as well as panel estimation methods. Although there have been some winners in this process, the main finding is that convergence was insufficient in the sense that no gains have...

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Mobilität nach der beruflichen Ausbildung : eine empirische Studie für Westdeutschland

Franz, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Volker - 1999

data covering the time period 1980 to 1991 in West Germany and is based on a hazard rate model. …

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Regional stabilization by fiscal equalization? : theoretical considerations and empirical evidence from Germany

Büttner, Thiess - 1999

actually favors stabilization. In an empirical analysis for Germany, the paper adds support for the finding of significant … regional stabilization by fiscal flows. The results indicate that about 17 % of GDP variation across West Germany's states has … been removed by fiscal flows during the last two decades. Thus, in Germany where the fiscal federalism is criticised for …

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Labour mobility - an adjustment mechanism in Euroland? : empirical evidence for Western Germany, France and Italy

Puhani, Patrick A. - 1999

European Union. Regression results are provided for Western Germany, France, and Italy. It is shown that labour mobility is … highest in Germany, followed by France, and Italy. However, even in Germany, the accommodation of a shock to unemployment by …

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Returns to education in West Germany : an empirical assessment

Lauer, Charlotte; Steiner, Viktor - 2000

This paper analyses the developments in the returns to education in West Germany for the period from 1984 to 1997 …

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