Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … documents that the positive profitability differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant …. Instead, we use a newly developed continuous treatment approach and show that exporting improves the profitability almost over …

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that …

other aspects of firm behaviour. In this paper we consider the impact of minimum wages on firm profitability by exploiting … firm profitability was significantly reduced (and wages significantly raised) by the minimum wage introduction. This … residential care homes, and a second on firms across all sectors). Interestingly, we find no evidence that the profitability …

We investigate the relationship between outsourcing and profitability paying particular attention to the endogeneity of …

policy was more independent of Germany. …

We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control ….8 percentage points. Since January 1st, 2005, TNIT can be offered to all means-tested long-term unemployed people in Germany by …

effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the provision of specific … Germany compared to East Germany. …

estimates the long-run differential employment effects of three different types of training programs in West Germany. We use …

For Germany, we analyse the (relative) effects of participation in several active labour market programmes on the …