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Innovation and location in German knowledge intensive business service firms

Brunow, Stephan; Hammer-Langrock, Andrea; McCann, Philip - 2017

and innovation. KIBS are generally understood as depending, driving and thriving on knowledge exchanges and therefore …Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) are widely perceived as being important drivers of technological progress … paper investigates how the innovation performance and processes of KIBS firms are related to their distance from the nearest …

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Overeducation : new evidence for 25 European countries

Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Rossen, Anja; … - 2016

This study investigates the incidence of overeducation among workers in the EU and its underlying factors based on the most recent wave of the European Labor Force Survey (EU-LFS 2013). Its main purpose is to shed light on the interplay of so far neglected explanatory factors such as household...

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The EU gender earnings gap : job segregation and working time as driving factors

Boll, Christina; Rossen, Anja; Wolf, André - 2016

This paper estimates size and impact factors of the gender pay gap in Europe. It adds to the literature in three aspects. First, we update existing figures on the gender pay gaps in the EU based on the Structure of Earnings Survey 2010 (SES). Second, we enrich the literature by undertaking...

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Patterns of overeducation in Europe : the role of field of study

Boll, Christina; Rossen, Anja; Wolf, André - 2018

This study investigates the incidence of overeducation among graduate workers in 21 EU countries and its underlying factors based on the European Labor Force Survey 2016 (EU-LFS). Although controlling for a wide range of covariates, the particular interest lies in the role of fields of study for...

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Exports, agglomeration and workforce diversity : an empirical assessment for German establishments

Brunow, Stephan; Grünwald, Luise - 2015

knowledge spillovers and other positive externalities. In such a stimulating environment, firms become more prone to be … interaction of distinct knowledge and related problem-solving abilities increases productivity and secures export success. In this … to 250 employees) benefit most from externalities and especially from knowledge spillover. There is weak evidence …

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Creative and science oriented employees and firm innovation : a key for smarter cities?

Brunow, Stephan; Birkeneder, Antonia; Rodríguez-Pose, … - 2017

, Engineering and Mathematics - workers and the level of the firm and firm- and city-/regional-level innovation in Germany. It also … creative workers to innovation is limited to the boundaries of the firm, whereas that of STEM workers is as associated to the … generation of considerable innovation spillovers. Hence, attracting STEM workers is more likely to end up making German cities …

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Ethnic diversity in start-ups and its impact on innovation

Brixy, Udo; Brunow, Stephan; D'Ambrosio, Anna - 2017

The study analyses the impact of different ethnic compositions of start-ups in Germany on the innovativeness of the new businesses. We are able to distinguish between the ethnicity of the founders and that of the early employees following new results that demonstrate the importance of including...

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