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On the organizational structure of multinational firms : which sourcing mode for which input?

Südekum, Jens; Nowak, Verena Nina; Schwarz, Christian - 2012

inputs inside their boundaries. This observation is difficult to reconcile with the property rights approach of the firm … this paper we introduce economies of scope into a property rights model where a producer contracts with two suppliers. The … decides whether to offshore inputs. -- multinational firms ; outsourcing ; intra-firm trade ; property rights approach …

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Long-run labour market effects of individual sports activities

Lechner, Michael (contributor) - 2008

variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726797

Zipf's law for cities in the regions and the country

Giesen, Kristian (contributor); Südekum, Jens (contributor) - 2009

The salient rank-size rule known as Zipf's law is not only satisfied for Germany's national urban hierarchy, but also …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794024

Does leaving welfare improve health? : evidence for Germany

Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2009

Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to welfare-to-work programmes. Applying semi-parametric propensity score matching estimators we find...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894362

Are training programs more effective when unemployment is high?

Lechner, Michael (contributor); Wunsch, Conny (contributor) - 2006

We estimate short, medium, and long-run individual labor market effects of training programs for unemployed by following program participation on a monthly basis over a ten-year period. Since analyzing the effectiveness of training over such a long period is impossible with experimental data, we...

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Dialects, cultural identity, and economic exchange

Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lameli, Alfred; … - 2010

; language ; culture ; internal migration ; gravity ; Germany …

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Earnings effects of training programs

Lechner, Michael (contributor); Melly, Blaise (contributor) - 2007

reevaluation of Germany's training programs of 1993 and 1994, we find that the programs considerably improve the long-run earnings …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591479

Industry churning and the evolution of cities : evidence for Germany

Findeisen, Sebastian (contributor); … - 2007

size distribution of West Germany, much better than the simple rank-size rule known as Zipf's law. The main mechanism of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591489

Cultural diversity and local labour markets

Südekum, Jens; Wolf, Katja; Blien, Uwe - 2009

During the last decade there have been marked changes in the composition of the non-native workforce in the German labour market. In particular there has been a notable increase in the diversity of nationalities of which the foreign workforce is composed. In this paper we investigate the effects...

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How to control for many covariates? : reliable estimators based on the propensity score

Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2010

usually employed for the evaluation of labour market programmes in Germany. We vary several dimensions of the design that are … important property. -- propensity score matching ; kernel matching ; inverse probability weighting ; selection on observables …

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