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What are the different strategies for EMU countries?
Artus, Patrick - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 75 (2006) 2, pp. 65-78
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What are the different strategies for EMU countries?
Artus, Patrick - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 75 (2006) 2, pp. 65-78
The answer to competition from emerging countries with low wage costs must be very different according to the affected sector. We need to draw a distinction between manufacturing industry and services that can be relocated and other sectors: consumer services, retail, construction, most business...
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Sunk costs, managerial incentives and firm productivity : empirical evidence for German corporations
Groß-Schuler, Alexandra; Weigand, Jürgen - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 2, pp. 275-287
In this paper, we use a production function approach to examine the impact of ownership concentration, product market competition and financial pressure on German firm productivity. Additionally, we are interested in the influence of ownership identity and changes in ownership structure. We also...
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Comments on: "Sunk costs, managerial incentives and firm productivity - empirical evidence for German corporations"
Smith, Valdemar - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 2, pp. 288
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Is there a common European business cycle? : new insights from a frequency domain analysis
Breitung, Jörg; Candelon, Bertrand - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 4, pp. 331-338
, Austria and Germany. … einige schwache Anzeichen für ein gemeinsames Konjunkturmuster für Frankreich, die Niederlande, Österreich und Deutschland …
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Does part-time and intermittent work during early motherhood lead to regular work later? : a comparison of labor behavior of mothers with young children in Germany, Britain, the Ne...
Gustafsson, Siv S.; Kenjoh, Eiko; Wetzels, Cécile M. M. P. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 15-23
We use data from Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden to examine whether part-time and intermittent work …
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Long-term labor force exit and economic well-being : a cross-national comparison of public and private income support
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Lillard, Dean R.; Valenti, Paola M. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 146-152
This paper examines how the economic well-being of households changes after a male household member exits the labor force. We examine, in four countries, labor force exits at various ages and present evidence on household income from various sources before and after the exit occurs. We focus on...
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International trends in the quantity and quality of entrants to computer science courses in higher education
Bruniaux, Christine; Hansen, Kirstine; Steedman, Hilary; … - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 69 (2000) 4, pp. 527-543
occupations in France, Germany, Singapore the UK and the US. The extent to which higher education (HE) has responded to the … Europe and Singapore the proportion of the age group entering IT courses has increased since 1990. Germany shows a rapid …Ein klarer Fachkräftemangel behindert das Wachstum der Informationstechnik (IT)-Branche nicht nur in Deutschland …
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From factor of production to autonomous industry : the transformation of Germany's software sector
Lehrer, Mark - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 69 (2000) 4, pp. 587-600
seen on this scale in Germany for decades: a dire labor shortage. As even the general public has been made aware by the … Bündnis für Arbeit, Germany’s information technology (IT) industries currently suffer a shortfall of about 75,000 software … specialists.1 However, the focus of this article is not on the labor problems, but on the comparative characteristics of Germany …
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Stürme, Fluten, Erdbeben - wie sich Europa gegen Naturkatastrophen versichern kann DIW Berlin, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Schwarze, Reimund (contributor); Wagner, Gert G. (contributor) - 2009
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