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Cost containment and managed care : evidence from German macro data
Ehlert, Andree; Oberschachtsiek, Dirk; Prawda, Stefan - 2013
The major German health care reforms undertaken since the late 1990s resulted in the adoption of selective contracting mechanisms in a formerly sectorally separated health care system. These reforms marked the launch of managed care in Germany that is expected to yield both a higher quality of...
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Gender differences in life satisfaction and social participation
Humpert, Stephan - 2013
This paper deals with the effects of social participation activities on life satisfaction. Using the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) for 2010, I present gender specific differences for several social activities, such as club memberships of political, welfare, health or more leisure time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009741435
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Privacy paradox - economic uncertainty theory and legal consequences
Geschonke, Sarah; Wein, Thomas - 2020
Internet users generously disclose personal information to consume supposedly "free" digital services despite severe privacy concerns-a phenomenon termed privacy paradox. Humanities have thoroughly studied this discrepancy in attitude and behavior, yet have not developed a conclusive explanation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256991
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Offshoring and firm performance : self-selection, effects on performance, or both?
Wagner, Joachim - 2009
). It turns out that, compared to non-offshoring firms, firms that relocated activities were larger and more productive, and … relocate, and this points to self-selection of betterʺ firms into offshoring. This finding is in line with results from recent … others were not. Broadly in line with hypotheses derived from the literature there is no evidence that offshoring has a …
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Offshoring and firm performance : self-selection, effects on performance, or both?
Wagner, Joachim - 2010 - (Version: December 1, 2009)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905012
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Exports and profitability first evidence for German manufacturing firms
Fryges, Helmut (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008
Using unique recently released nationally representative high-quality longitudinal data at the enterprise level for Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It documents that the positive profitability differential of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770498
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Export, Import und Produktivität wissensintensiver KMUs in Deutschland
Vogel, Alexander (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008
Anschließend an die breite Literatur zur Untersuchung von Produktivitätsdifferentialen zwischen international aktiven und nicht international aktiven Unternehmen liefert der vorliegende Beitrag erstmals Ergebnisse für Deutschland die sowohl Export- als auch Importaktivitäten...
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Higher productivity in importing German manufacturing firms : self-selection, learning from importing, or both?
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2008
This paper uses a newly available comprehensive panel data set for manufacturing enterprises from 2001 to 2005 to document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the world market for goods. Furthermore, for the first time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793388
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Exporter performance in the German business services sector : first evidence from the services statistics panel
Vogel, Alexander (contributor) - 2009
A wide range of empirical studies has analysed exporter performance, especially the relationship between exports and productivity in the manufacturing sector. By contrast, a detailed investigation of the services sector has remained largely neglected. To close this gap, this paper focuses on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793415
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Exports and profitability : first evidence for German business services enterprises
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
We use the unique recently released German business services statistics panel to conduct the first comprehensive empirical study on the relationship between exports and profitability for the business services sector. We document a negative profitability differential of services exporters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872315