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Innovation and employment in patenting firms : empirical evidence from Europe
Van Roy, Vincent; Vertesy, Daniel; Vivarelli, Marco - 2015
This paper explores the possible job creation effect of innovation activity. We analyze a unique panel dataset covering … is the labour-friendly nature of innovation, which we measure in terms of forward-citation weighted patents. However …, this positive impact of innovation is statistically significant only for firms in the high-tech manufacturing sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288522
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Diverging patterns of education premium and school attendance in France and the US : a Walrasian view
De la Croix, David (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001784198
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Revisiting the German wage structure
Dustmann, Christian (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper challenges the view that the wage structure in West-Germany has remained stable throughout the 80s and 90s …, while the US and Germany experienced similar changes at the top of the distribution throughout the 80s and 90s, the patterns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003540197
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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries
Dang, Thai Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006
This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335455
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Contingent convergence : a comparative analysis of activation policies
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor);  … - 2008
principles, instruments, target groups and governance in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793501
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On the role of sectoral and national components in the wage bargaining process
Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2010
This paper provides an empirical analysis on the determination of wages at the sectoral level in main industrial economies. Nominal wages are bargained between labour unions and employers in imperfect competitive markets, where spillovers across sectors might occur. Using a principal component...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959628
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Entrepreneurship, wealth, liquidity constraints and start-up costs
Fonseca, Raquel (contributor);  … - 2007
France have flatter wealth gradients. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003609770
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Historical analysis of national subjective wellbeing using millions of digitized books
Hills, Thomas; Proto, Eugenio; Sgroi, Daniel - 2015
go back at least 200 years further using our methods. We analyse data for six countries (the USA, UK, Germany, France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296064
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How different are immigrants? : A cross-country and cross-survey analysis of educational achievement
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and … the USA. The first step of the analysis shows how far countries differ regarding immigrants' educational disadvantage. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002485607
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Immigration and the distribution of incomes
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2012
discuss evidence on these questions for Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Portugal, Spain and the United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009631462