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Does Qualification Drive Innovation? A Microeconometric Analysis Using Linked-employer-employee Data

Brandenburg, Bianca; Günther, Jutta; Schneider, Lutz - 2007

source of innovative activities within companies. Broken down by sectoral innovation patterns, this article examines the role … of formal education and actual occupation for product innovation performance in manufacturing firms within a probit model … to the Pavitt classification. Sectors with a high share of highly skilled employees engage in product innovation above …

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The Role of the Human Capital and Managerial Skills in Explaining the Productivity Gaps between East and West

Steffen, Wolfgang; Stephan, Johannes - 2007

This paper assess determinants of productivity gaps between firms in the European transition countries and regions and firms in West Germany. The analysis is conducted at the firm level by use of a unique database constructed by field work. The determinants tested in a simple econometric...

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Career and wage dynamics: Evidence from linked employer-employee data

Kauhanen, Antti; Napari, Sami - 2011

We study career and wage dynamics within and between firms using a large linked employer-employee panel dataset spanning 26 years. We construct six-level hierarchies for more than 5,000 firms. We replicate most of the analyses from Baker, Gibbs and Holmström (Quarterly Journal of Economics,...

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Training and hiring strategies to improve firm performance

Maliranta, Mika; Asplund, Rita - 2007

We study how upgrading the skills of the personnel affects a firm’s performance. Two different strategies are examined: 1) providing formal training and 2) strategic recruitment and separation policy. The use of register-based longitudinal employeremployee data supplemented with a survey on...

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