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Survival, growth, and interfirm collaboration of start-up companies in high-technology industries : a case study of Upper Bavaria
Hampe, Johannes; Steininger, Martin - 2001
Our analysis of the survival of firms leads to the important result that the hypotheses about differences between various industries in the life duration of new firms and about the importance of the region of location for the probability of survival are confirmed. Many more enterprises are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403326
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Multitasking and wages
Snower, Dennis J.; Goerlich, Dennis - 2013
This paper sheds light on how changes in the organization of work can help to understand increasing wage inequality. We present a theoretical model in which workers with a wider span of competence (higher level of multitasking) earn a wage premium. Since abilities and opportunities to expand the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753769
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The determinants of firm performance : unions, works councils, and employee involvement/high performance work practices
Addison, John T. (contributor) - 2005
Drawing on evidence from the United States and Germany, this paper offers a survey of the effects of worker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002853239
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Flexible workplace practices and labor productivity
Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001744080
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Complementarity in employee participation systems: international evidence
Burdín, Gabriel; Kato, Takao - 2021
We describe the nature, scope and effects of various non-mandated participatory work practices in Japan, the U.S. and Europe through the lens of complementarity in organizations. Specifically, rather than treating each work practice in isolation, we consider it an element of HIWS (High...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612533
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Flexible work systems and the structure of wages : evidence from matched employer-employee data
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan - 2001 - revised: July 2002
(HPWOs) on wages. This paper makes use of a new employer-employee-linked panel data set for Germany to examine the effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403441
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Flexible work organization and employer provided training : evidence from German linked employer-employee data
Campaner, Annika; Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2018
likelihood of receiving employer provided training. Using unique linked employer-employee data from Germany, we confirm that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891811
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Lost in transition? : minimum wage effects on German construction workers
Bachmann, Ronald; König, Marion; Schaffner, Sandra - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575163
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High-impact minimum wages and heterogeneous regions
Vom Berge, Philipp; Frings, Hanna - 2017
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664363
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Das Entsendegesetz : Sündenfall oder Lösung des Arbeitslosigkeitsproblems?
Rotte, Ralph; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
auf den heimischen Arbeitsmarkt wird dazu zunächst ein Blick auf die gegenwärtige Krise der deutschen Bauwirtschaft und …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294531