well. By implication, policies that stimulate investment and R&D and policies that affect the size of the labor force may …

Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than … market policy and social benefits. It can be shown that the institutional framework currently in place in Germany is … inconsistent. Further reforms are needed to create better employment opportunities for older workers. This implies the abolishment …

positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects …Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro … for larger firms (e.g. over 150 employees). We also find the policy raises area level manufacturing employment mainly …

We present evidence that an increase in investment as a share of GDP predicts a higher growth rate of output per worker … coefficients. They are robust to model specifications and estimation methods. The evidence that investment has a long-run effect on …

role of rising rates of investment. Because labor reallocation across sectors, TFP growth at the sector level and … investment are all inter-related, simple growth decompositions that are often used in the literature are not appropriate for … continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …

investment and, subsequently, lower employment and productivity growth. There is little evidence that unionization leads to … in the U.S. private sector affect economic performance - productivity, profitability, investment, and growth. Freeman and …

well. By implication, policies that stimulate investment and R&D and policies that affect the size of the labor force may …

, their recent reforms and - where already possible - effects of these reforms. Overall, Germany seems to be on the right …