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Self-selection into export markets by business services firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the United Kingdom
Temouri, Yama; Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2010
comparable enterprise level data from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Exporters are more productive and pay higher wages … significantly smaller in Germany, significantly larger in France, and does not differ significantly in the UK. The results for wages …
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Environmental justice in agricultural systems: An evaluation of success factors and barriers by the example of the Philippine farmer network MASIPAG
Glotzbach, Stefanie - 2012
A twofold challenge arises from the normative aim of environmental justice to the management of agricultural systems: (1) the improvement of food security and livelihood of the rural poor today; (2) the sustenance and enhancement of the long-term productivity and resilience of agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286605
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Unionization of retired workers in Europe
Pyka, Vinzenz; Schnabel, Claus - 2023
We shed light on an understudied group: retirees in unions. Using representative individual-level data of 19 European countries, we find that the share of retirees in unions and the union density of retirees increased between 2008 and 2020. Econometric analyses indicate that on average retired...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014424392
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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294455
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Innovation and exports of German business services enterprises: First evidence from a new type of firm data
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper contributes to the literature by providing the first evidence on the link between innovation activities (measured by the share of engineers and scientists in the workforce) and exports of German business services firms based on a large representative longitudinal sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294458
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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: First comparative evidence on the post-acquisition target performance using new data
Weche Gelübcke, John P. - 2012
This study provides the first comparative evidence of foreign and domestic acquisitions in Germany. A propensity score … Germany which find significant productivity improvements and no changes in terms of employment. These findings are of … particular interest to Germany as one of the most important FDI in ow destinations worldwide. They contribute to the foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294459
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Exports, R&D and productivity in German business services firms: A test of the Bustos-model
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper uses newly available data for German business services firms to test a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294464
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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: Cherry-picking and lemon-grabbing
Weche-Gelübcke, John P. - 2012
This study focuses on ex ante performance of domestic and foreign takeover targets in Germany, one of the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294465
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The Great Export Recovery in German manufacturing industries, 2009/2010
Wagner, Joachim - 2012
the micro-structure of the recent export recovery in 2010 in manufacturing industries in Germany after the great recession …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294469
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Exports, R&D and productivity: A test of the Bustos-model with German enterprise data
Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper presents the first empirical test with German firm level data of a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294473