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Persistence of Innovation : Stylised Facts and Panel Data Evidence

Peters, Bettina - 2008

innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994-2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at …

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Gregariousness, Interactive Jobs and Wages

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2011

, to the best of our knowledge for the first time for Germany, gregariousness and social interaction at the workplace and …

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How Relevant is Job Mismatch for German Graduates?

Berlingieri, Francesco - 2012

In this study, we examine the incidence and direct consequences of job mismatch for German graduates. Beyond measuring job mismatch by the comparison of qualification obtained by employees and required for a job, we employ self-reported skill mismatch variables concerning overall skills and more...

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The Returns to Continuous Training in Germany : New Evidence from Propensity Score Matching Estimators

Mühler, Grit - 2008

The present paper examines the wage effects of continuous training programs using individual-level data from the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP). In order to account for selectivity in training participation we estimate average treatment effects (ATE and ATT) of general and firm-specific...

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Violence in European Schools : Victimization and Consequences

Ammermueller, Andreas - 2008

Violence at schools is a well-known problem in many societies. This paper assesses the degree of school violence in 11 European countries and analyzes the determinants of being a victim and its effect on student performance. The study draws on the international TIMSS 2003 and the British...

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The Effects of Short-Term Training Measures on the Individual Unemployment Duration in West Germany

Hujer, Reinhard - 2008

Short-term training measures are the most important intervention of German active labor market policy in terms of persons promoted. However, evidence on the impacts of programs is missing. This study analyzes the effects of these programs on the individual unemployment duration in West Germany....

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Wage and Productivity Effect of Continuing Training in Germany : A Sectoral Analysis

Kuckulenz, Anja - 2008

Wage and productivity effects of training are compared to study how the training rent is shared between employers and employees. With panel data from 1996-2002, I analyse the impact of continuing training on wages and productivity in a Cobb-Douglas production framework. Using system GMM...

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Rising Wage Inequality in Germany

Gernandt, Johannes - 2008

This paper investigates the evolution of wages and the recent tendency to rising wage inequality in Germany, based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for 1984 to 2004. Between 1984 and 1994 the wage distribution was fairly stable. Wage inequality started to increase around 1994 in...

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Paid Parental Leave and Child Development : Evidence from the 2007 German Parental Benefit Reform and Administrative Data

Huebener, Mathias - 2017

This paper examines the effects of a substantial change in publicly funded paid parental leave in Germany on child development and socio-economic development gaps. For children born before January 1, 2007, parental leave benefits were means-tested and paid for up to 24 months after childbirth....

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Does Skill-Biased Technical Change Diffuse Internationally?

Schulte, Patrick - 2016

This paper studies the question whether skill-biased technical change diffuses internationally and that way contributes to the increasing relative skill demand in other countries. So far, the role of skill-biased technology diffusion has hardly been studied empirically. Using new sectoral data...

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