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The caring hand that cripples : the East German labor market after reunification ; (detailed version)
Snower, Dennis J. (contributor);  … - 2006 - Detailed Version
The East German labor market has hardly made any progress since German reunification, despite massive migration flows and support from the West. We argue that East Germany is in trouble precisely because of the support it has received. This paper explores the phenomenon of "the caring hand that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377867
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The aftermath of reunification : sectoral transition, gender, and rising wage inequality in East Germany
Kohn, Karsten; Antonczyk, Dirk - 2011
Using a large administrative data set, this paper studies the evolution of the East German wage structure throughout the transition period 1992-2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase occurred predominantly in the lower part of the wage distribution for women and in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009306941
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Decomposing male inequality change in East Germany during transition
Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002
This paper studies the cause of the changes in male wage inequality in East Germany during its transition from a socialist to a market-oriented economic system. We are interested in how much of the change in the dispersion of wages can be explained by the changes in the characteristics of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413453
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The East German wage structure after transition
Orlowski, Robert (contributor);  … - 2008
We extend the literature on transition economies' wage structures by investigating the returns to tenure and experience. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases. We compare the life cycle structure in East and West German wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003782445
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Labour market dynamics in Australia : what drives unemployment?
Karanassou, Marika (contributor); Sala, Hector (contributor) - 2009
The debate in Australia on the (constant-output) elasticity of labour demand with respect to wages has wrongly sidelined the role of capital stock as a determinant of employment (Webster, 2003). As far back as 1991, Pissarides had argued that the influence of capital stock on the performance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793964
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Dynamics of labour and capital adjustment : a comparison of Germany and the Netherlands
Polder, Michael (contributor); Verick, Sher (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002157921
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Corporate skills as an ex-ante incentive to R&D investment
Piva, Mariacristina (contributor);  … - 2007
determinants of R&D investment at the level of the firm. While finding further support for the well-established technology-push and … demand-pull hypotheses, this study also tests the role of skill endowment in increasing a firm's R&D investment. Consistently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429633
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Public support for innovation, intangible investment and productivity growth in the UK market sector
Haskel, Jonathan; Wallis, Gavin - 2010
Pressure on public finances has increased scrutiny of public support for innovation. We examine two particular issues … evidence of market sector spillovers from intangible investment and from public R&D. We find (a) no evidence of spillover … effects from intangible investment at the market sector level, including from R&D, (b) strong evidence of market sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940536
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How to increase R&D in transition economies? : Evidence from Slovenia
Domadenik, Polona (contributor);  … - 2007
Paper addresses the recent initiatives of EU Lisbon Agenda to increase level of R&D expenses in EU Member States by studying firm-level panel data in most advanced transition economy, Slovenia. Previous empirical literature mainly cross-sectional has tested the demand-pull hypothesis and found...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003595837
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Productivity gains from R&D investment : are high-tech sectors still ahead?
Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2011
investment in knowledge, and its productivity, looking at sectoral peculiarities which may emerge; to this end, we use a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422268