We estimate the effects of the introduction and subsequent increases of a substantial minimum wage in Germany's main … rate for East Germany but did not have a significant impact on the West German equivalent. The estimated effect on the …

We investigate the relationship between outsourcing and profitability paying particular attention to the endogeneity of … outsourcing. The empirical analysis uses unique plant level data for the electronics sector in Ireland. A particular feature of … activities. We distinguish outsourcing of materials from outsourcing of services inputs. We find that plants that are …

well as the underlying labour market flows, at the establishment level. The fact that minimum wages in Germany are sector … accessions and separations rise in East Germany as a result of the minimum wage introduction. The evidence on detailed worker …-to-job transitions in East Germany, which can be explained by a more compressed wage distribution making on-the-job search less …

auf den heimischen Arbeitsmarkt wird dazu zunächst ein Blick auf die gegenwärtige Krise der deutschen Bauwirtschaft und …

economics ; incomplete contracts ; construction ; agency theory ; industry studies ; outsourcing ; procurement …

We present a dynamic model where the probability of outsourcing production is increasing in the firm’s expectation of … outsourcing. No prior study has been able to provide such causal evidence. Our results are robust to the inclusion of detailed … characteristics of the firms as well as firm fixed effects. -- Outsourcing ; technological change …

traditional informal activities is related to increased outsourcing by formal manufacturing enterprises. -- informal sector …