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The causal impact of common native language on international trade : evidence from a spatial regression discontinuity design
Egger, Peter; Lassmann, Andrea - 2015
This paper studies the effect of sharing a common native language on international trade. Switzerland hosts three major … native language groups which adjoin countries sharing the same native majority languages. In regions close to the internal … language border the alternate major language is taught early on in school and not only understood but spoken by the residents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010497513
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Comparative advantages of school and workplace environment in competence acquisition : empirical evidence from a survey among professional tertiary education and training students...
Bolli, Thomas; Renold, Ursula - 2015
tertiary education and training business administration students and their employers in Switzerland, we find that competences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011290642
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From rags to riches: how robust is the influence of culture on entrepreneurial activity?
Busch, Christian; Lassmann, Andrea - 2010
Entrepreneurial activity differs substantially across countries. While cultural differences have often been proposed as an explanation, measuring a country's cultural characteristics suffers from various problems. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that cultural factors influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008729014
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Valuable experience : how internships affect university graduates' income
Bolli, Thomas; Caves, Katherine; Oswald-Egg, Maria Esther - 2019
closest university, exploiting the low mobility of Swiss students. The results suggest that doing an internship increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058403
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Student flows and migration : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Poutvaara, Panu (contributor) - 2006
migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387388
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Industry diversity and its impact on the innovation performance of firms : an empirical analysis based on firm-level panel data
Wörter, Martin (contributor) - 2007
This paper investigates empirically the impact of diversity on the innovation performance of a firm. We created a measure for diversity that mirrors differences in the resource base of firms within an industry and tested its impact on innovation in addition to more traditional factors like...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763605
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Comparing quantitative and qualitative survey data
Schenker, Rolf (contributor) - 2007
This paper compares quantitative and qualitative data on firm level. The data is taken from two Swiss investment surveys. This has not yet been done in the literature. We will see that the mean change in investment of firms planning to increase (decrease) investments is positive (negative). In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763608
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The speed of adjustment to demand shocks : a Markov-chain measurement using micro panel data
Müller, Christian (contributor); Köberl, Eva (contributor) - 2007
In this paper we measure the speed at which firms adjust to demand shocks using individual firm data. Identification of shocks is achieved by a combination of quantitative and qualitative judgments on capacity utilisation in micro survey data. A novel feature of our approach is the distinction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763609
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Trying to assess the quality of macroeconomic data : the case of Swiss labour productivity growth as an example
Hartwig, Jochen (contributor) - 2007
Macroeconomic data are indispensable for modern governance, yet it is often unclear how reliable these data are. The production process of macroeconomic data inside the statistical offices is often not very transparent for the general public. Bystanders usually have no choice but to take for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763991
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Driving forces for research and development strategies : an empirical analysis based on firm-level panel data
Wörter, Martin (contributor) - 2007
This paper investigates empirically different ways to organize R&D within Swiss firms. Based on a longitudinal data set comprising three cross-sections (1999, 2002, and 2005) of the Swiss innovation survey, four different types of R&D strategies were identified: firms combine in-house R&D with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764191