realized. We therefore apply Kernel density estimation technique to demonstrate that the entire labor productivity distribution …-ICT-investment, labor productivity and workplace reorganization. Firms are assumed to reorganize workplaces if the productivity gains … 411 firms from the German business-related services sector. We develop and estimate a model for labor productivity and …

various technology-oriented sectors in West-Germany from 1983 until 1993 on the basis of a firm specific data set from the …

There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence … factors when firms from the service sector are faced with demand shocks. The estimation results indicate that collective wage …

Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this … additional work-sharing in Germany. Furthermore, the match between actual and desired hours of Germans would improve if Germans … that hours restrictions shrank over time, which means, Germany seems to be moving towards a more flexible labor market. …

growth accounting, different estimates of total factor productivity emerge. The methodological difference, however, does not …