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Immigration and Heterogeneous Labor in Western Germany: A Labor Market Classification Based on Nonparametric Estimation
Puhani, Patrick A.; Frölich, Markus - 2002
This paper presents a methodology to identify net demand shocks as well as wage rigidities in heterogeneous labor markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this approach can be used to make suggestions for immigration policy in economies with labor market rigidities. In an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298120
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Immigration and Heterogeneous Labor in Western Germany: A Labor Market Classification Based on Nonparametric Estimation
Puhani, Patrick A.; Frölich, Markus - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002
This paper presents a methodology to identify net demand shocks as well as wage rigidities in heterogeneous labor markets on the basis of nonparametric regression. We show how this approach can be used to make suggestions for immigration policy in economies with labor market rigidities. In an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097796
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Persistence of Innovation: Stylised Facts and Panel Data Evidence
Peters, Bettina - 2005
individual heterogeneity in explaining the persistence of innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297493
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Self-Productivity and Complementarities in Human Development: Evidence from MARS
Laucht, Manfred; Coneus, Katja; Blomeyer, Dorothea; … - 2008
This paper investigates the role of self-productivity and home resources in capability formation from infancy to adolescence. In addition, we study the complementarities between basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities and social as well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298078
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Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development and Children's Achievement
Laucht, Manfred; Coneus, Katja; Blomeyer, Dorothea; … - 2008
This paper investigates the development of basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities from infancy to adolescence. We analyse the predictive power of these abilities, initial risk conditions and home resources for children's achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298681
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Dynamics of overqualification: Evidence from the early career of graduates
Erdsiek, Daniel - 2017
This study analyses the persistence and true state dependence of overqualification, i.e. a mismatch between workers … persistence can be attributed to a true state dependence effect. Unobserved factors are found to be the main driver of the high … persistence of overqualification. In particular, selection into initial overqualification at the start of the career is of high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636434
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Local knowledge spillovers and innovation persistence of firms
Holl, Adelheid; Peters, Bettina; Rammer, Christian - 2020
about potential contingencies affecting the degree of persistence. This paper focuses on the role of the local knowledge … environment and asks how local knowledge spillovers affect firms' innovation persistence. The empirical analysis draws upon a … bands show that the strength of knowledge spillovers that contribute to innovation persistence via true state dependence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167386
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Self-Productivity and Complementarities in Human Development: Evidence from MARS
Laucht, Manfred; Coneus, Katja; Blomeyer, Dorothea; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper investigates the role of self-productivity and home resources in capability formation from infancy to adolescence. In addition, we study the complementarities between basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities and social as well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097785
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Persistence of Innovation: Stylised Facts and Panel Data Evidence
Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
individual heterogeneity in explaining the persistence of innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098235
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Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development and Children's Achievement
Laucht, Manfred; Coneus, Katja; Blomeyer, Dorothea; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper investigates the development of basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities from infancy to adolescence. We analyse the predictive power of these abilities, initial risk conditions and home resources for children's achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098307