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Are Nascent Entrepreneurs Jacks-of-All-Trades? A Test of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data
Wagner, Joachim - 2003
economic importance of the jack-of-all-trades theory. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261621
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Norm-Based Trade Union Membership: Evidence for Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2003
for social custom effects in the determination of union membership. Using panel data for Germany, we find evidence for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261655
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Are Young and Small Firms Hothouses for Nascent Entrepreneurs? Evidence from German Micro Data
Wagner, Joachim - 2004
Using a large recent representative sample of the German population this paper contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by empirically testing the hypothesis that young and small firms are hothouses for nascent entrepreneurs. The empirical estimation takes the rare events nature of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261762
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The optimal timing of school tracking
Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo; Ariga, Kenn - 2004
tracking. We calibrate the model for Germany and study how relative demand shifts toward more general skills and changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261767
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Unwilling or Unable? : Spatial, Institutional and Socio-Economic Restrictions on Females' Labor Market Access
van Ham, Maarten; Büchel, Felix - 2004
We analyze the effects of regional structures on both females? willingness to work and the probability of being employed for those willing to work. Special permission was granted to link regional data to individual respondents in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Results of a bivariate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261801
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Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Bonin, Holger - 2004
provisions on worker flows. In contrast to the predictions of the theory, our results indicate that there are no statistically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261862
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Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes : Ein Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung?
Bonin, Holger - 2004
Die Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes ist ein wesentliches Element der im Januar 2004 in Deutschland in Kraft gesetzten …A key feature of the recent labor market reforms in Germany is liberalization of dismissal protection legislation. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261863
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What a Difference a Y Makes : Female and Male Nascent Entrepreneurs in Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2004
data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper uses an empirical model for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261884
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Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment Rates of Low-Skilled and Elder Workers in West Germany : A Search Equilibrium Approach
Klasen, Stephan; Wolff, Joachim; Launov, Andrey - 2004
explain the increase in the unemployment rates of unskilled and elder workers in western Germany. To answer this question we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261909
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Exporting Firms Do Not Pay Higher Wages, Ceteris Paribus : First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Schank, Thorsten - 2004
trade. This paper uses a large and rich set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to demonstrate that these premia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261930