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A note on the determinants and consequences of outsourcing using German data
Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Pahnke, André; … - 2008
Using German data from the Institute for Employment Research Establishment Panel, this paper constructs two main measures of outsourcing and examines their determinants and consequences for employment. There are some commonalities in the correlates of the two measures of outsourcing, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003739950
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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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What are the different strategies for EMU countries?
Artus, Patrick - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 75 (2006) 2, pp. 65-78
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003353767
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Downward nominal wage rigidity in services : direct evidence from a firm survey
Radowski, Daniel (contributor); Bonin, Holger (contributor) - 2009
explain this distinct behavior. -- Nominal wage rigidity ; efficiency wages ; manufacturing and services ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793963
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One-third codetermination at company supervisory boards and firm performance in German manufacturing industries : first direct evidence from a new type of enterprise data
Wagner, Joachim - 2009
performance indicators, productivity and profitability. -- One-third co-determination ; firm performance ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884086
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Exports and productivity growth : first evidence from a continuous treatment approach
Fryges, Helmut (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2007
A recent survey of 54 micro-econometric studies reveals that exporting firms are more productive than non-exporters. On the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible reason for this result is that most previous studies are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003592053
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Why more West than East German firms export
Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2007
Using unique new data and a recently introduced non-linear decomposition technique this paper shows that the huge difference in the propensity to export between West and East German plants is to a large part due to differences in firm size and human capital intensity.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003538975
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Entry, exit and productivity : empirical results for German manufacturing industries
Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2007
paper replicates the study using unique newly available panel data sets for all manufacturing plants from Germany (1995 …. This paper replicates the study using unique newly available panel data sets for all manufacturing plants from Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003540023