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Works councils, training activities and innovation : a study of German firms
Cantner, Uwe; Gerstlberger, Wolfgang; Roy, Ipsita - 2014
establishment data on various aspects of training practices and innovation activities in Germany, the paper examines the degree …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010255042
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Causal inference by independent component analysis with applications to micro- and macroeconomic data
Moneta, Alessio; Entner, Doris; Hoyer, Patrik; Coad, … - 2010
Structural vector-autoregressive models are potentially very useful tools for guiding both macro- and microeconomic policy. In this paper, we present a recently developed method for exploiting non-Gaussianity in the data for estimating such models, with the aim of capturing the causal structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966642
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Does growth cause structural change, or is it the other way round? : a dynamic panel data analyses for seven OECD countries
Dietrich, Andreas - 2009
In economic development, structural change among the three main sectors of an economy accompanies with aggregate economic growth. Nevertheless the question whether economic growth causes structural change or change in the economic structure causes aggregate growth is still unanswered. To shed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003833147
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Stepping forward : personality traits, choice of profession, and the decision to become self-employed
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013
We argue that entrepreneurial choice proceeds in at least in two steps, with vocational choice nearly always preceding choice of employment status, whether that be self-employment or dependent employment. Since the two decisions are interrelated, analysis of entrepreneurial choice as a single...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009686452
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Drivers of self-employment : a multivariate decomposition analysis for the case of Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2013
We analyze the sources of the rise in the levels of self-employment in Germany since reunification by applying the non …-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique. This analysis is performed separately for East and West Germany in order to account … particular increase of solo-entrepreneurship. -- entrepreneurship ; Germany , non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009686473
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Types of institutions and well-being of self-employed and paid employees in Europe
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019
This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship- facilitating entry conditions, labor market regulations, quality of government, and perception of corruption for individual well-being among self-employed and paid employed individuals. Well-being is...
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Employment polarization in Germany : role of technology, trade and human capital
Consoli, Davide; Roy, Ipsita - 2015
in regional employment within a rich vocational education setting in West Germany during 1979 and 2012. Results confirm … occupations has been the greatest, in Germany there is a greater trend towards occupational upgrading and larger growth in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392588
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New business formation and incumbents' perception of competitive pressure
Changoluisa, Javier; Fritsch, Michael - 2016
start-ups across all regions of Germany. The productivity level of an incumbent moderates the extent of the perceived …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011562661
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Worker personality : another skill bias beyond education in the digital age
Bode, Eckhardt; Brunow, Stephan; Ott, Ingrid; Sorgner, Alina - 2016
We present empirical evidence suggesting that technological progress in the digital age will be biased not only with respect to skills acquired through education but also with respect to noncognitive skills (personality). We measure the direction of technological change by estimated future...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011562669
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Does successful innovation require large urban areas? : Germany as a counterexample
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020
environmental conditions that are absent in smaller cities or remote and rural areas. Germany provides a clear counterexample to … such theories. We argue that a main force behind the geography of innovation in Germany is the country's federal tradition …
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