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Bestimmungsgründe internationaler Firmentätigkeit / Determinants of International Trade, Production, and Licensing
Wagner, Joachim - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 217 (1998) 5, pp. 613-627
production plant in a foreign country that produces goods similar to those produced in Germany (i. e. is a horizontally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014608629
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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
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Self-employment dynamics, state dependence and cross-mobility patterns
Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Uhlendorff, Arne (contributor) - 2008
West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793470
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Vouchers and caseworkers in public training programs : evidence from the Hartz reform in Germany
Rinne, Ulf (contributor); Uhlendorff, Arne (contributor);  … - 2008
administrative data set, we apply matching and regression methods to measure the effect of the Hartz reform in Germany, which … important type of training in Germany, we find a slightly positive impact of the reform. Our decomposition results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793556
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Produktdifferenzierung in deutschen Industrieunternehmen 1995 - 2004 : Ausmaß und Bestimmungsgründe
Wagner, Joachim - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 229 (2009) 5, pp. 615-642
Interest in the theoretical and empirical analysis of multi-product enterprises is growing. This paper uses newly available representative longitudinal data covering the years 1995 to 2004 to document for the first time the extent of product diversification in German manufacturing enterprises...
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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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Die Wirkung der Hartz-Reform im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung
Schneider, Hilmar (contributor);  … - 2006
The so-called Hartz reform has introduced fundamental changes for publicly sponsored training in Germany. This concerns … effect. -- program evaluation ; occupational training ; Hartz-Reforms ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003464501