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Statistical Inference for Measures of Income Mobility.

Trede, Mark - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 218 (1999) 3+4, pp. 473-490

both transition matrix mobility measures and mobility measures which are based on the reduction in inequality occurring … than males, at least when inequality reduction mobility measures are employed. Considering the rather large number of …This paper reviews various mobility measures and establishes their asymptotic sampling distribution. The focus is on …

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Wage-Induced Mismatch on German Labour Markets? Lessons from Comparison with Portugal.

Entorf, Horst - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 219 (1999) 1+2, pp. 127-142

The German labour market performance is falling behind that of other European countries. Portugal, for instance, has decreasing unemployment rates, leading to a share of only 4.6% unemployed persons in 1998 (Germany: 9.5%). This paper sheds some light on the divergent development from a matching...

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Robust Estimation of Linear Fixed Effects Panel Data Models with an Application to the Exporter Productivity Premium

Verardi, Vincenzo; Wagner, Joachim - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 231 (2011) 4, pp. 546-557

In empirical studies often the values of some variables for some observations are much larger or smaller than the values for the other observations in the sample. These extreme observations, or outliers, often have a large impact on the results of statistical analyses. Conclusions based on a...

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Health and the Decision to Invest in Education

Schneider, Brit S.; Schneider, Udo; Ulrich, Volker - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 227 (2007) 5+6, pp. 725-745

The paper analyses the relationship between health and education in a two period human capital framework. The resulting substitution and investment effects between health and advanced training work in opposite direction and leave open questions for the empirical part. As econometric model we use...

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Estimating the Borrowing Behavior of French and German Firms An Econometric Analysis

Kremp, Elizabeth; Stöß, Elmar - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 620-647

This paper investigates the borrowing behavior of 2,900 French and 1,300 German firms over the 1987-95 period. Both samples based on data sets of the Banque de France and the Deutsche Bundesbank not only include large but also small and medium-sized enterprises. Applying GMM techniques, we...

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Matchingprozesse auf beruflichen Teilarbeitsmärkten Job Matching on Occupational Labour Markets

Stops, Michael; Mazzoni, Thomas - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 230 (2010) 3, pp. 287-312

Our paper presents new estimates of matching functions on partial labor markets. We used extensive data, ranging from 1982 to 2003, which results in new insights, extending the knowledge obtained by former empirical studies. We also used the extended time series data to validate model...

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Sources of German Unemployment: Evidence from a Structural VAR Model

Linzert, Tobias - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 224 (2004) 3, pp. 317-336

This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of different macroeconomic shocks on unemployment in Germany. In a first step, a cointegration analysis of productivity, prices, real wages, employment, and the unemployment rate reveals two long run relationships, interpreted as a labor demand and a wage...

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The Employment Contribution of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises According to the EU-definition First Evidence Based on the IAB-Establishment-Panel for Germany

Engel, Dirk; Trax, Michaela - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 228 (2008) 1, pp. 64-83

Statements emphasizing the major contribution of the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) for net job creation are quite frequent. Concerning the current definition of SMEs provided by the European Commission (EC), this paper makes a first attempt to approximate SMEs’ contribution to net...

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A Further Empirical Investigation of German Firms' Financial Structure and Ensuing Risks

Kirchesch, Kai; Sommer, Marc; Stahlecker, Peter - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 530-555

The changes in the financial structures of West German industrial enterprises have been investigated in Größl/Stahlecker/Wohlers (2001). The empirical analysis confirmed the hypothesis that small and medium-sized enterprises are confronted with higher - and even rising - financial risks than...

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Beeinflussen bessere Qualitätsinformationen die Krankenhauswahl in Deutschland?

Wübker, Ansgar; Sauerland, Dirk; Wübker, Achim - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 230 (2010) 4, pp. 467-490

This paper examines, whether well prepared report cards affect hospital choice within Germany. We report three main findings. First, hospitals, which publish their quality data voluntarily, extend their market shares after relative to before publishing the quality data – compared to such...

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