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Ancestry, Diversity & Finance : Evidence from Transition Economies
Dombi, Akos; Grigoriadis, Theocharis - 2017
in transition economies. We show that the common indicators of ethnolinguistic fractionalization, state history and … growth. However, state history as a proxy for long-run ancestral exposure to institutions, political organization and … extractive institutions that facilitate the provision of soft budget constraints. Genetic distance from the United States induces …
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Unemployment benefit duration and startup success
Camarero Garcia, Sebastian; Murmann, Martin - 2020
Despite the importance of business creation for the economy and a relevant share of new firms being started out of unemployment, most research has focused on analyzing the effect of unemployment insurance (UI) policies on reemployment outcomes that ignore self-employment. In this paper, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241969
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Unemployment benefit duration and startup success
Camarero Garcia, Sebastian; Murmann, Martin - 2024
Business creation is economically important, and unemployment precedes the creation of a substantial share of new firms. Yet, most research has focused on analyzing the effects of unemployment insurance policies on re-employment outcomes, ignoring self-employment. In this paper, we analyze how...
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The separation and reunification of Germany : rethinking a natural experiment interpretation of the enduring effects of communism
Becker, Sascha O.; Mergele, Lukas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
German separation in 1949 into a communist East and a capitalist West and their reunification in 1990 are commonly described as a natural experiment to study the enduring effects of communism. We show in three steps that the populations in East and West Germany were far from being randomly...
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Performance feedback and job search behavior : empirical evidence from linked employer-employee data
Pohlan, Laura; Steffes, Susanne - 2022
In this paper, we study whether performance feedback can serve as an instrument for firms to increase employee retention. Feedback on the relative performance may affect individual job search behavior differently depending on workers' relative rank among their peers. In line with these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013411291
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Mobilität nach der beruflichen Ausbildung : eine empirische Studie für Westdeutschland
Franz, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Volker - 1999
This Feconometric study deals with the question as to what extent apprentices after successfully completing their training stay with the firm where they have received their training and, if so, how long that job tenure holds. Determinants of both decisions can be seen from both the employer's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428228
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Job shopping after vocational training? : an empirical analysis of the transition from apprenticeship training to work
Franz, Wolfgang - 2001
This econometric study deals with the question as to what extent apprentices after successfully completing their training stay with the firm where they have received their training and, if so, how long that job tenure holds. Determinants of both decisions can be seen from both the employer`s and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428453
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Entry regulation and entrepreneurship : empirical evidence from a German natural experiment
Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2010
this reform on the probabilities of being self-employed and transition into and out of self-employment, using cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665439
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Demographics and the decline in firm entry : lessons from a life-cycle model
Röhe, Oke; Stähler, Nikolai - 2020
demographic transition. Specifically, our model simulations suggest that aging can account for up to one third of the observed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180750
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Labour reallocation during transition : the case of Poland
Bell, Una Louise - 2001
This paper analyses the reallocation of labour during the transition period, which is argued not only to ease the … transition from a planned to market orientated economy, but also to be fundamental to the successful integration of Poland into …-1998, a period in which the transition process is considered to be well and truly under way. The results obtained illustrate …
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