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Labor shortage and innovation
Horbach, Jens; Rammer, Christian - 2020
Skilled labor is a key input to the innovation process. A shortage in supply of skilled labor may hence impede innovation activities, resulting in lower productivity gains. While governments are concerned about these likely negative impacts, there is only limited empirical evidence whether and...
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Auswirkungen der Wirtschaftskrise auf die Innovationstätigkeit der Unternehmen in Deutschland
Rammer, Christian - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 80 (2011) 3, pp. 13-34
Die schwere Wirtschaftskrise 2008/09 hatte substanzielle Auswirkungen auf die Innovationstätigkeit der deutschen Wirtschaft. Die Umsatz- und Gewinneinbußen führten zu einem kräftigen Rückgang der Innovationsausgaben. Davon waren primär Investitionen für neue Produkte und verbesserte...
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The distinct features of hidden champions in Germany : a dynamic capabilities view
Rammer, Christian; Spielkamp, Alfred - 2019
Hidden Champions (HCs) are firms unknown to the wider public, but global leaders in the niche markets they serve. This paper looks at distinctive features of these firms, focusing on their dynamic capabilities. Employing a unique data base on German firms, we identify a representative sample of...
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Labour market transitions and the persistence of unemployment : West Germany 1983-1992
Steiner, Viktor - 1994
Although explanations of the persistence of high unemployment in Germany, in particular long-term unemployment, have …-Economic Panel for West Germany covering the period 1983 to 1992. The focus of the study is on the importance of "negative duration …
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Testing for state dependence effects in a dynamic model of male unemployment behaviour
Flaig, Gebhard; Licht, Georg; Steiner, Viktor - 1993
A dynamic random effects probit model is estimated on the first six waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel to test for state dependence effects in male unemployment behaviour. Estimation of the model is based on the marginal likelihood approach. In the model an individual's unemployment...
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Assimilation, labour market experience, and earnings profiles of temporary and permanent immigrant workers in Germany
Licht, Georg; Steiner, Viktor - 1993
Germany which allows us to control for unobserved population heterogeneity and potential selectivity bias arising from an …-worker system we use information on an immigrant's expected duration of stay in Germany to distinguish between temporary and … of stay. We find that years of schooling in Germany have a strong positive effect on earnings, that earnings …
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Re-migration behaviour and expected duration of stay of guest-workers in Germany
Steiner, Viktor; Velling, Johannes - 1992
We analyze guest-workers' expected duration of stay in Germany within an econometric model taking into account the …
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Has earnings inequality in Germany changed in the 1980's?
Steiner, Viktor; Wagner, Kersten - 1996
inequality in Germany has increased very little in the 1980's, if at all. It is shown ·that the marked increase in earnings …
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Modelling heaping effects in unemployment duration models : with an application to retrospective event data in the German socio-economic panel
Kraus, Florian; Steiner, Viktor - 1995
Unemployment duration data derived from retrospective surveys often show an abnormal concentration of responses at certain durations. This common kind of measurement error is known as "heaping" in the statistical literature. Although heaping effects may lead to severe biases in estimated...
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An integrated micro data base for tax analysis in Germany
Bach, Stefan; Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2017
die Steuerlast in Deutschland? - Verteilungswirkungen des deutschen Steuer- und Transfersystems" (Who bears the tax burden … in Germany? - Distributional Analyses of the German tax and transfer system). Financial support from the Hans Böckler …
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