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Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance : first evidence from German linked employer-employee-data

Braakmann, Nils (contributor) - 2008

Economic theory suggests both positive and negative relationships between intra-firm wage inequality and productivity. This paper contributes to the growing empirical literature on this subject. We combine German employer-employee-data for the years 1995-2005 with inequality measures using the...

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Fields of training, plant characteristics and the gender wage gap in entry wages among skilled workers : evidence from German administrative data

Braakmann, Nils (contributor) - 2008

This paper investigates the gender wage gap among skilled German workers after the end of vocational training using data from social security record. Using information on worker and plant characteristics for both the training plant and the current employer, results from standard decomposition...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003727428

An empirical examination of repeated auctions for biodiversity conservation contracts

Groth, Markus (contributor) - 2008

The European Union's Council Regulation on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development has introduced auctioning as a new instrument for granting agri-environmental payments and awarding conservation contracts for the recent multi-annual budgetary plan....

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Higher wages in exporting firms: self-selection, export effect, or both? : first evidence from German employer-employee data

Schank, Thorsten (contributor); Schnabel, Claus (contributor) - 2008

While it is a stylized fact that exporting firms pay higher wages than nonexporting firms, the direction of the link between exporting and wages is less clear. Using a rich set of German linked employer-employee panel data we follow over time plants that start to export. We show that the...

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Inflation expectation formation of German consumers : rational or adaptive?

Sabrowski, Henry (contributor) - 2008

This paper analyzes the inflation expectation formation empirically for German consumers. The expectation formation process is analyzed for a representative consumer and for different demographic groups. The results indicate that German consumers are a relatively homogeneous group. There are...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770480

Exports and profitability first evidence for German manufacturing firms

Fryges, Helmut (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008

Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It …. -- Exports ; profitability ; micro data ; Germany …

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International firm activities and innovation : evidence from knowledge production functions for German firms

Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2006

Export, Auslandsinvestition, Wissensproduktion, Deutschland - Exports, foreign direct investment, knowledge production … function, Germany …Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms …

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Nascent and infant entrepreneurs in Germany : evidence from the regional entrepreneurship monitor (REM)

Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2005

Deutschland , Unternehmer , Unternehmensgründung - Nascent entrepreneurs , infant entrepreneurs , Germany …Based on data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper documents that the …

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Is the market classification of risk always efficient? : evidence from German third party motor insurance

Schwarze, Reimund (contributor); Wein, Thomas (contributor) - 2005

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Associations' agreement and the interest of the network suppliers : the strategic use of structural features

Wein, Thomas (contributor) - 2005

Germany had been an interest group equilibrium under the restriction of EU-directive. Using the NTPA associations of … December 2001 introduced a market comparison scheme with three structural features: “East-/West-Germany”, “consumption … feature “East-/West Germany” and “consumption/population density” could be explained by this hypothesis. But because we have …

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