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Reputation indexes of employment protection have proven popular constructs in studies of the covariation of labor … of employment protection. We critique this reputation in two ways: first, by offering a modicum of 'corrective …' institutional detail on the nature of employment protection in Portugal; and, second, and more substantively, by offering a detailed …
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Die Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit genießt oberste wirtschaftspolitische Priorität - dieser Feststellung wird kaum jemand widersprechen wollen. Eher scheiden sich die Geister an der Frage nach dem "wirklichen" quantitativen Ausmaß der Unterbeschäftigung, ihren Ursachen und welche...
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To assess the influence of nonstandard employment for the labor market participation of different demographic groups …, we provide detailed descriptions of the development of atypical employment in comparison to standard employment …, unemployment, and economic inactivity between 1996 and 2011. In our analyses, we distinguish between fixedterm employment, solo …
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ways of defining manufacturing and service employment as point of departure - according to the industry classification of … is far less pronounced than generally perceived. Manufacturing and service employment numbers based on the occupations of … manufacturing jobs in Germany is far lower if the measurement of employment is based on the occupation of the worker. About 52% of …
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Carbon emissions from German manufacturing have increased over the past decade, while carbon intensity (emissions per … the production composition in the German manufacturing sector is increasingly shifting towards less carbonintensive …
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The manufacturing sector accounts for a substantial share of German GDP, employment and carbon emissions. Therefore …, the manufacturing sector's energy use and carbon emissions are of crucial importance for reaching Germany's climate goals …. In this paper, we analyse energy use patterns in German manufacturing between 2003 and 2014, using rich administrative …
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their competitiveness and employment effects play an important role in the policy debate. Using micro-data on electricity … in German Manufacturing. Electricity network charges are determined through regulation in Germany and therefore exogenous … to manufacturing plants, while making up a substantial share of final electricity prices. Our estimates imply a negative …
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emissions from German manufacturing have actually increased between 2005 and 2017. In this paper, we provide evidence of how the … policy mix overall has affected the German manufacturing sector in its entirety. Using detailed administrative micro-data at … carbon emissions is due to an increase in manufacturing’s production scale. Relative to the strong output growth, our …
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The ongoing digital transformation has raised hopes for ICT-based climate protection within manufacturing industries … drivers of the relationship between ICT and energy use in manufacturing. We apply flexible tree-based machine learning to a …
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