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Which personnel measures are effective in increasing productivity of old workers?
Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2010
In this study, we investigate the effect of five specific human resource measures for old employees (SMOE) on their relative productivity. Despite the fact that SMOE are applied in the majority of establishments, this is the first representative study on the effectiveness of these measures. We...
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Separating wheat and chaff: age-specific staffing strategies and innovative performance at the firm level
Frosch, Katharina; Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2011
their effect on innovative performance. First, we investigate how establishments achieve the necessary workforce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305881
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Formelle und informelle berufliche Weiterbildung und Verdienst bei Arbeitnehmern und Selbständigen
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reize, Frank - 2000
Investitionen in Weiterbildung werden typischerweise durch die erwartete Zunahme individueller Fähigkeiten motiviert. In dieser Arbeit wird untersucht, von welchen sozio-ökonomischen und beruflichen Merkmalen die Teilnahme an formeller und informeller beruflicher Weiterbildung abhängt, und...
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Older Workers and the Adoption of New Technologies
Meyer, Jenny - 2007
between the age structure of the workforce and the probability of adopting new technologies. The results show that firms with … a higher share of younger employees are more likely to adopt new technologies and the older the workforce the less … likely is the adoption of new technologies. Furthermore the results exhibit that the age structure of the workforce should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297937
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Older Workers and the Adoption of New Technologies
Meyer, Jenny - 2008
between the age structure of the workforce and the probability of adopting new technologies. The results show that firms with … a higher share of younger employees are more likely to adopt new technologies and the older the workforce the less … likely is the adoption of new technologies. Furthermore the results exhibit that the age structure of the workforce should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298673
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Age and productivity: evidence from linked employer employee data
Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2009
In most Western, industrialised countries the workforce is ageing rapidly. In order to assess the possible consequences … of an ageing workforce, this paper measures the impact of changes in the age structure of establishments on productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298792
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The performance of German firms in the business-related service sectors : a dynamic analysis
van Phu, Nguyen; Kaiser, Ulrich; Laisney, François - 2000
We analyze the performance of firms in the German business-related services sector. A quarterly business survey provides the panel data base of our study. Firm performance is measured by the survey respondents? ordinal indication of their changes in total sales. We use a firstorder Markov chain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297694
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Do Ukrainian Firms Benefit from FDI?
Talavera, Oleksandr; Lutz, Stefan H. - 2003
All countries are eager to attract as much foreign investments as possible. At the same time FDI may have not only positive, but also negative economic effects for receiving countries. Positive effects are associated with technology transfer, efficient allocation of resources, and training of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298136
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Map Intersection Based Merging Schemes for Administrative Data Sources and an Application to Germany
Arntz, Melanie; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2005
In many situations the applied researcher wants to combine different data sources without knowing the exact link and merging rule. This paper introduces a theoretical framework how two different regional administrative data sources can be merged. It presents different merging schemes based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297429
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Empirical determinants of employee resistance against innovations
Zwick, Thomas - 2000
Employee resistance against innovations is a virulent phenomenon and there is a broad theoretical literature on its determinants. The empirical evidence is scarce, however, and mainly provides descriptive evidence on the incidence of the phenomenon and concentrates on the effectiveness of change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297711