reunification in the destination country and decreases remittances. Third, the structure of the existing social network in Germany …

in political participation, German schooling, home ownership, being born in Germany and being a citizen of non-EU country … uncertainty of the possibility to stay in Germany mainly discourage foreign residents who actively participate in the labor market …

eligibility determinations difficult. In Germany, by contrast, eligibility for the main cash transfer program, Sozialhilfe (Social … test whether immigrants to Germany are more likely than natives to claim welfare benefits for which they are eligible. We …

managers, coupled with bonuses based on their leadership rank among all leaders. Our intervention increased worker productivity …

economy. We test this theory by exploring within-country variation in exposure to competition from China in 13 European … exposure from China experienced a marked fall in employment, while countries with wage-coordination experienced no such …

an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …

national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European … teams of Brazil and Italy only conceded one goal in the last minute. As to winning penalty shootouts, Germany outperforms … Cup. We find that the national teams of Germany, England and the Netherlands are more likely than the three other national …

This study gives a comparative overview of labor market dynamics and institutional arrangements in Germany and Brazil … training. The paper shows that institutions determine the mode of adjustment to changing economic conditions and the role of … during the 2008-09 crisis in the German manufacturing sector, in Brazil such plant-level flexibility to avoid dismissals was …

outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to … Italy, Brazil and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e. government funded but with …

impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S. and (3 … covering the period from 1984-2010 for Germany respectively 1992-2011 for the U.S. and apply system GMM in order to solve … Germany. A differentiation between imported intermediates (efficient sourcing strategy) and final inputs (competition) reveals …