Similar Search Results

Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Gäßler, Fabian - 2020

supply on automation innovation by exploiting an immigrant placement policy in Germany during the 1990s and 2000s. Difference …-in-differences estimates indicate that one additional worker per 1,000 manual and unskilled workers reduces automation innovation by 0 …-skilled workers. Labor market tightness and external demand are plausible mechanisms for the labor-innovation nexus. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243297

Military spending and innovation : learning from 19th century world fair exhibition data

Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia; Feuerbaum, Carsten - 2023

We provide quantitative evidence on the relationship between military spending and innovation in the 19th century …. Combining innovation data from world fairs and historical military data across Europe, we show that national military spending … is associated with national innovation towards war logistics such as food processing, but less towards war technology …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014249117

Temporary labour migration and welfare at the new European fringe : a comparison of five Eastern European countries

Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara - 2009

This paper investigates patterns and determinants of temporary labour migration in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine after EU enlargement in 2004. Migration incidence, destination choices and migration determinants differ between poorer and better-off countries. Although broadly in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832067

Economic returns to speaking the right language(s)? : evidence from Kazakhstan's shift in state language and language of instruction

Aldashev, Alisher; Danzer, Alexander M. - 2014

This paper investigates the economic returns to language skills and bilingualism. The analysis is staged in Kazakhstan, a multi-ethnic country with complex ethnic settlement patterns that has switched its official state language from Russian to Kazakh. Using two newly assembled data sets, we...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434518

The role of the workplace in ethnic wage differentials

Forth, John; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos; Bryson, Alex - 2021

Using matched employer-employee data for Britain, we examine ethnic wage differentials among full-time employees. We find substantial ethnic segregation across workplaces: around three-fifths of workplaces in Britain employ no ethnic minority workers. However, this workplace segregation does not...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612574

Are women doing it for themselves? : gender segregation and the gender wage gap

Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos; Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2019

Using matched employer-employee data from the 2004 and 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Surveys (WERS) for Britain we find a raw gender wage gap (GWG) in hourly wages of around 0.18-0.21 log points. The regression-adjusted gap is around half that. However, the GWG declines substantially with...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120869

What role did management practices play in SME growth post-recession?

Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2016

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to contribute significantly to aggregate economic growth. However, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature on SME growth by analysing longitudinal...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502558

The impact of management practices on SME performance

Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2018

We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814913