), allows for causal interpretation of the relationship between innovation output and labor productivity. We find that knowledge … intensive services benefit from innovation activities in the sense that these activities causally increase their labor …

We use the prolonged Greek crisis as a case study to understand how a lasting economic shock affects the innovation … strategies of firms in economies with moderate innovation activities. Adopting the 3-stage CDM model, we explore the link between … R&D, innovation, and productivity for different size groups of Greek manufacturing firms during the prolonged crisis. At …

what extent business cycles or unemployment levels influence entries into entrepreneurship. Our analysis for Germany …

survival rates and little contribution to job creation, economic growth, and innovation. In this paper, we use a rich data set … and job creation, but especially also in innovation activities. The gaps in these business outcomes are relatively …

survival, but lag behind regular business founders in terms of income, business growth and innovation. Moreover, we show that …

In some countries including Germany unemployed workers can increase their income by working a few hours per week. The …

(ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed …