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How do native and migrant workers contribute to innovation? : a study on France, Germany and the UK
Fassio, Claudio; Montobbio, Fabio; Venturini, Alessandra - 2015
different components of the labour force on innovation at the sectoral level between 1994 and 2005. The authors focus, in … determinants of innovation, such as R&D investments, stock of patents and openness to trade. To address possible endogeneity of … accordingly. Our results show that highly-educated migrants have a positive effect on innovation even if the effect is smaller …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528595
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Whatever works : dualisation and the service economy in Bismarckian welfare states
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2010
-paid service jobs, as non-wage labour costs are minimised. In France, fixed-term contracts are a flexible and also cheaper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985730
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The impact of growth, labour cost and working time on employment : lessons from the French experience
L'Horty, Yannick (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001790857
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Services offshoring and wages : evidence from micro data
Geishecker, Ingo (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor) - 2008
This paper investigates the effects of services offshoring on wages using individual level data combined with industry information on offshoring. Our results show that services offshoring affects the real wage of low and medium skilled individuals negatively. By contrast, skilled workers benefit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737638
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The ins and outs of European unemployment
Petrongolo, Barbara (contributor);  … - 2008
countries, the United Kingdom, France and Spain. We compare performance in these three countries making use of both … significance subsided again in the late 1990s and 2000s. In France the dynamics of unemployment are driven virtually entirely by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652692
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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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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK
Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - 2009
also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905696
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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