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Real and monetary challenges to wage policy in Germany at the turn of the millennium : technical progress, globalization and European Monetary Union
Franz, Wolfgang - 1999
At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443321
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Offshoring and relative labor demand from a task perspective
Hogrefe, Jan - 2013
This paper provides new evidence on how offshoring shifts relative labor demand for tasks at the industry level. A … novel theoretical mechanism, based on sorting of heterogeneous workers into occupations with task dependent offshoring cost …, guides estimation. Cost shares of tasks are linked to offshoring in a panel estimation using German data for 1998-2007. It is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792970
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Real and monetary challenges to wage policy in Germany at the turn of the millennium: technical progress, globalization and European Monetary Union
Franz, Wolfgang - 1999
At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297646
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Trade in business services in general equilibrium
Markusen, James R.; Strand, Bridget - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003431646
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Multi-product offshoring
Eckel, Carsten; Irlacher, Michael - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289209
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Offshoring and labor income risk
Hogrefe, Jan; Yao, Yao - 2012
This paper analyzes the impact increased offshoring has on labor income risk. It is therefore distinct from a large … offshoring trends at the sector level. Importantly, we distinguish between transitory and permanent shocks to individual income …-insurable. It thus has a particular relevance for individual welfare. Our findings suggest that offshoring tends to lower permanent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009521124
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Industrial change, stability of relative earnings, and substitution of unskilled labor in West-Germany
Steiner, Viktor; Mohr, Robert D. - 1998
We analyze the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in the West German economy, in particular its relation to the relatively rigid earnings structure. We find that the substitution elasticity between unskilled and skilled labor is rather low in most sectors of the economy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441629
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The economic impacts of telecommunications networks and broadband internet : a survey
Bertschek, Irene; Briglauer, Wolfgang; Hüschelrath, Kai; … - 2016
We provide a structured overview of the quantitative literature on the economic impacts of telecommunications networks and broadband internet. Differentiating between wireline and wireless technologies as well as broadband availability and broadband adoption, respectively, we review studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522665
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Real and monetary challenges to wage policy in Germany at the turn of the millennium: technical progress, globalization and European Monetary Union
Franz, Wolfgang - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999
At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097995
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Green innovations and organizational change : making better use of environmental technology
Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - 2012
The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of certain technologies if complementary forms of organization are adopted. This issue may be of even greater importance for the case of greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009564899