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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly … more active in R&D. -- ageing ; firm performance ; gender ; Germany ; innovation ; R&D …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009675512
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Is Innovative Firm Behavior Correlated with Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce? Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian - 2012
development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096452
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Determinants of trade union membership in Western Germany : evidence from micro data, 1980 - 2000
Schnabel, Claus (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001745341
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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition : theory and application to the German clothing industry
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900012
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Robust estimation of linear fixed effects panel data models with an application to the exporter productivity premium
Verardi, Vincenzo; Wagner, Joachim - 2010
In empirical studies it often happens that some variables for some units are far away from the other observations in the sample. These extreme observations, or outliers, often have a large impact on the results of statistical analyses – conclusions based on a sample with and without these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962105
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Intra-Industry Adjustment to Import Competition : Theory and Application to the German Clothing Industry
Raff, Horst - 2009
This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155562
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Union membership and age : the inverted u-shape hypothesis under test
Schnabel, Claus (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008
intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our … taken for granted. -- Unionization ; age ; inverted U-shape ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778856
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Higher productivity in importing German manufacturing firms : self-selection, learning from importing, or both?
Vogel, Alexander (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008
document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … for trading internationally are about the same in West and East Germany. Compared to firms that do not trade at all two …-by-importing. -- Imports ; exports ; productivity ; enterprise panel data ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779041
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Exports and profitability : first evidence for German manufacturing firms
Fryges, Helmut (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008
Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It …. -- Exports ; profitability ; micro data ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771833
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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : evidence from quantile regressions
Wagner, Joachim; Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Using quantile regressions and a rich cross section data set for German manufacturing plants, this paper reports that the impact of works councils on labor productivity varies along the conditional distribution of value added per employee. It emerges that the positive and statistically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002504494