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Offshoring, Wages and Job Security of Temporary Workers

Görg, Holger - 2012

We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular attention to the question of whether workers on temporary contracts are affected differently than workers on permanent contracts. Data are taken from the German Socio-Economic...

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Are Tall People Less Risk Averse than Others?

Hübler, Olaf - 2012

This paper examines the question of whether risk aversion of prime-age workers is negatively correlated with human height to a statistically significant degree. A variety of estimation methods, tests and specifications yield robust results that permit one to answer this question in the...

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Investment Under Company-Level Pacts

Bellmann, Lutz - 2013

To improve their competitiveness the companies aim to increase the funds available to finance the necessary investments …

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Do Labour Market Institutions Matter? Micro-Level Wage Effects of International Outsourcing in Three European Countries

Geishecker, Ingo - 2008

labour market institutions: Germany, the UK and Denmark. To do so we use individual level data sets for the three countries …

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Works Councils, Training and Employee Satisfaction

Bellmann, Lutz - 2018

This paper investigates the role of works councils in job satisfaction. Using the recently developed Linked Personnel Panel, we consider both the direct and indirect impact via further training. Basic estimates on an individual level do not reveal clearly direct effects, but on an establishment...

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Subsidies and Exports in Germany : First Evidence from Enterprise Panel Data

Girma, Sourafel - 2009

We use newly available representative panel data for manufacturing enterprises in West and East Germany to investigate … an impact of subsidies on the share of exports in total sales in West Germany but no evidence in East Germany …

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Management Practices and Productivity in Germany

Broszeit, Sandra - 2016

heterogeneity in management practices across establishments in Germany, with small firms having lower scores than large firms on … productivity in Germany. This association increases with firm size. Comparison to a similar survey in the US indicates that the … average management score is lower in Germany than in the US. Overall, our results point towards lower management quality being …

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Are Working Time Accounts Beneficial for German Establishments?

Bellmann, Lutz - 2016

This contribution investigates whether working time accounts are beneficial for the performance of German establishments. Based on the representative German Establishment Panel of the Institute for Employment Research during the period 2008-2013, effects on productivity, wages, sales, firm size,...

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Skill Shortages in German Establishments

Bellmann, Lutz - 2014

This paper investigates the development of skill shortage during the period 2007-2012. Using the IAB establishment panel, we find differences for the years before, during and after the Great Recession. Furthermore, we analyze the importance of firm characteristics and that of some specific...

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The Nonlinear Link between Height and Wages : An Empirical Investigation

Hübler, Olaf - 2011

This article investigates the relationship between individual wages and height using the German Socio-Economic Panel where five hypotheses are tested. Some explanations of a positive link exist and empirical studies confirm this hypothesis. In contrast to previous investigations which are only...

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