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National and international developments in technology – Trends, patterns and implications for policy

Koopmann, Georg; Münnich, Felix - 1999

Declining R&D intensities at the national level coincide with growing international technological links. Deviations of individual OECD countries from the average R&D intensity reflect differences in industry structure as well as in sectoral R&D intensity. At the same time, the sectoral...

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Wages and Employment Growth: Disaggregated Evidence for West Germany

Suedekum, Jens; Blien, Uwe - 2004

We address the effects of wages on employment growth on the basis of a theoretical model from which cost and demand effects can be derived. In the empirical analysis we take a highly disaggregated perspective and apply a newly developed shift-share regression technique on an exhaustive and very...

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Concentration and Specialisation Trends in Germany since Reunification

Suedekum, Jens - 2004

In this paper we describe the development of regional specialisation and geographical concentration in Germany between 1993 and 2001. Somewhat contrary to theoretical expectations derived from the recent literature in location theory, we neither find compelling evidence for a specialisation...

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The causal effects of exports on firm size and labor productivity: First evidence from a matching approach

Wagner, Joachim - 2001

This paper uses a large plant level panel data set from Germany and a matching approach to look for causal effects of starting to export on plant performance. We find positive effects on growth of employment, labor productivity, and wages.

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Locating foreign affiliates in Germany: The case of Swedish MNEs

Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - 2001

schwedischer Tochtergesellschaften in Deutschland im Vergleich mit denen in anderen Ländern untersucht. Es zeigt sich, dass die … Multis, in Deutschland zu investieren. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die Standortentscheidung beeinflusst wird vom Niveau der … Lohnkosten in Deutschland und an anderen potentiellen Standorten in europäischen Hocheinkommensländern, aber nicht von den …

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