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Financial distress and the role of management in micro and small-sized firms
Alexandre, Fernando; Cruz, Sara; Portela, Miguel - 2020
In this paper, we focus on managerial characteristics of micro and small-sized firms. Using linked employer-employee data on the Portuguese economy for the 2010-2018 period, we estimate the impact of management teams' human capital on the probability of firms becoming financially distressed and...
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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
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Personal bankruptcy law, wealth and entrepreneurship : theory and evidence from the introduction of a "fresh start"
Fossen, Frank M. - 2011
tests the hypotheses derived by exploiting the introduction of a "fresh start" policy in Germany in 1999 as a natural … entrepreneurship. -- personal bankruptcy law ; insolvency ; entrepreneurship ; fresh start …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009126032
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Construction contracts (or : "how to get the right building at the right price?")
Chakravarty, Surajeet (contributor);  … - 2006
Most contracts that individuals enter into are not written from scratch; rather, they depend upon forms and terms that have been successful in the past. In this paper, we study the structure of form construction contracts published by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003323165
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An analysis of the impact of affirmative action programs on self-employment in the construction industry
Blanchflower, David G. (contributor);  … - 2005
The main findings of this paper are that despite the existence of various affirmative action programs designed to improve the position of women and minorities in public construction, little has changed in the last twenty five years. We present evidence showing that where race conscious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003287790
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High-school dropouts and transitory labor market shocks : the case of the spanish housing boom
Aparicio, Ainhoa - 2010
This paper addresses the implications of transitory changes in labor market conditions for low versus high educated workers on the decision to acquire education. To identify this effect, I use the improvement in the labor market prospects of low educated workers motivated by the increases in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008810536
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House prices and employment reallocation : international evidence
Bover, Olympia (contributor); Jimeno, Juan F. (contributor) - 2007
Over the last decade house prices increased remarkably in many countries. However, while in several countries there was an employment boom in the construction sector, in others the share of employment in this sector did not significantly change. In this paper we estimate a model of labor demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003578882
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The re-building effect of hurricanes : evidence from employment in the US construction industry
Strobl, Eric (contributor); Walsh, Frank A. (contributor) - 2008
We examine the impact of hurricane strikes on the construction industry in US counties. To this end we use a measure of hurricane destruction derived from a wind field model and historical hurricane track data and employ this within a dynamic labour demand framework. Our results show that...
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