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Gütesiegel als neues Instrument der Qualitätssicherung von Humandienstleistungen Gründe, Anforderungen und Umsetzungsüberlegungen am Beispiel von Kindertageseinrichtungen
Spieß, Christa Katharina; Tietze, Wolfgang - 2001
Obwohl heute ein weitgehender Konsens darüber vorliegt, dass der Qualitätssicherung bei Humandienstleistungen ein ganz besonderer Stellenwert zukommt, fehlt eine systematische Auseinandersetzung mit den Gründen und Möglichkeiten einer solchen Qualitätssicherung. Am Beispiel der Bildung,...
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Obesity and developmental functioning among children aged 2-4 years
Cawley, John; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2008
In developed countries, obesity tends to be associated with worse labor market outcomes. One possible reason is that obesity leads to less human capital formation early in life. This paper investigates the association between obesity and the developmental functioning of children at younger ages...
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A welfare analysis of the electricity transmission regulatory regime in Germany
Kemfert, Claudia; Kunz, Friedrich; Rosellón, Juan - 2015
We analyze the current regulatory regime for electricity transmission in Germany, which combines network planning with …
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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?
Sorgner, Alina; Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander - 2014
Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our …
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Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2015
Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification … employees and the overall level of self-employment in West Germany, their explanatory power is much lower for the stronger … increase of solo self-employment and of self-employment in former socialist East Germany. …
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Information asymmetries between parents and educators in German childcare institutions
Camehl, Georg F.; Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2017
asymmetries. We empirically investigate information asymmetries between parents and ECEC professionals in Germany, making use of a …
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Who starts a business and who is self-employed in Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Rusakova, Alina - 2012
entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …
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What Causes Cross-industry Differences of Technical Efficiency? An Empirical Investigation
Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2004
Using micro-level panel data of about 35,000 firms from the German Cost Structure Census, we analyze the differences of technical efficiency across industries. Technical efficiency is estimated by firms? fixed effects. One striking result is that the distribution of technical efficiency across...
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What drives the productive efficiency of a firm? The importance of industry, location, R&D, and size
Badunenko, Oleg; Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2008
This paper investigates the factors that explain the level and dynamics of manufacturing firm productive efficiency. In our empirical analysis, we use a unique sample of about 39,000 firms in 256 industries from the German Cost Structure Census over the years 1992-2005. We estimate the...
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Gone with the wind? Electricity market prices and incentives to invest in thermal power plants under increasing wind energy supply
Traber, Thure; Kemfert, Claudia - 2009
The increased wind energy supplied to many electricity markets around the world has to be balanced by reliable back up units or other complementary measures when wind conditions are low. At the same time wind energy impacts both, the utilization of thermal power plants and the market prices....
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