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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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Persistence of the school entry age effect in a system of flexible tracking

Puhani, Patrick A. (contributor); Weber, Andrea (contributor) - 2007

In Germany, the streaming of students into an academic or nonacademic track at age 10 can be revised at later stages of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003634616

Privatization and changes in the wage structure : evidence from firm personnel records

Melly, Blaise (contributor); Puhani, Patrick A. (contributor) - 2008

We investigate the wage effects of privatization using person-level firm-based panel datasets from one privatized and one nonprivatized public sector firm in the same country for the years immediately before and after privatization. Thus, we can analyze the before-after effects of privatization...

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The effects of maternity leave extension on training for young women

Puhani, Patrick A. (contributor); … - 2008

Using three representative individual-level datasets for West Germany, we estimate the effect of the extension of …

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Does the early bird catch the worm? : Instrumental variable estimates of educational effects of age of school entry in Germany

Puhani, Patrick A. (contributor); … - 2005

We estimate the effect of age of school entry on educational attainment using three different data sets for Germany …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280722

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 …

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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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The effects of a sick pay reform on absence and on health-related outcomes

Puhani, Patrick A.; Sonderhof, Katja - 2009

We evaluate the effects of a reduction in sick pay from 100 to 80% of the wage. Unlike previous literature, apart from absence from work, we also consider effects on doctor/hospital visits and subjective health indicators. We also add to the literature by estimating both switch-on and switch-off...

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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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The rise of the East and the Far East : German labor markets and trade integration

Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens - 2012

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" - China and Eastern Europe … sector in Germany. We also conduct our analysis at the individual worker level, and find that trade had a stabilizing overall … ; employment ; China ; Eastern Europe ; Germany …

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