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Language Usage, Participation, Employment and Earnings: Evidence for Foreigners in West Germany with Multiple Sources of Selection
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Gernandt, Johannes; Aldashev, Alisher - 2008
employment probability and affects occupational choice. When selection into economic sector and occupation is regarded, we do not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298666
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The economic impacts of telecommunications networks and broadband internet: A survey
Bertschek, Irene; Briglauer, Wolfgang; Hüschelrath, Kai; … - 2016
broadband adoption, respectively, we review studies investigating the impacts on economic growth, employment and regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523997
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Language Usage, Participation, Employment and Earnings: Evidence for Foreigners in West Germany with Multiple Sources of Selection
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Gernandt, Johannes; Aldashev, Alisher - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
employment probability and affects occupational choice. When selection into economic sector and occupation is regarded, we do not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098179
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Wage divergence and unemployment: the impact of insider power and training costs
Muysken, Joan; Zwick, Thomas - 2000
general equilibrium model, this paper shows that skilled insiders in the USA enjoy higher rents and increase the skilled wage … training and education costs in the USA for unskilled employees and unemployed. In Germany, the lower skill wage mark-up leads …The US labour market is characterized by a high skill wage mark-up and low unemployment, while the German labour market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297700
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Early Childhood
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, Christa Katharina - 2008
The prevalence and importance of children's physical health problems have been increasingly recognized in recent years. Physical health problems of children such as obesity, motor impairment and chronic diseases cause social costs. Further, they can lead directly to adult physical health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298650
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Online but still divided: Inequality in private internet use in Germany
Coneus, Katja; Schleife, Katrin - 2010
In this analysis, we compare the determinants of the first-level and the second-level digital divide for private internet use in Germany. Our work offers three important innovations. First, we use the exact weekly duration of internet use to explain inequalities in internet intensity, explicitly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300517
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How are work-related characteristics linked to sickness absence and presenteeism? Theory and data
Arnold, Daniel; De Pinto, Marco - 2015
This paper investigates how changes in work-related factors affect workers' absence and presenteeism behavior. Previous studies (implicitly) assume that there is a substitutive relationship, i.e. a change in a work-related factor decreases the level of absence and simultaneously increases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382268
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Healthy reviews! Online physician ratings reduce healthcare interruptions
Kummer, Michael E.; Laitenberger, Ulrich; Rich, Cyrus E.; … - 2021
We show that review platforms reduce healthcare interruptions for patients looking for a new physician. We employ a difference-in-differences strategy using physician retirements as a 'disruptive shock' that forces patients to find a new physician. We combine insurance claims data with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654278
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Health in Early Childhood
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, Christa Katharina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
The prevalence and importance of children's physical health problems have been increasingly recognized in recent years. Physical health problems of children such as obesity, motor impairment and chronic diseases cause social costs. Further, they can lead directly to adult physical health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098377
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Online but still divided: Inequality in private internet use in Germany
Coneus, Katja; Schleife, Katrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
In this analysis, we compare the determinants of the first-level and the second-level digital divide for private internet use in Germany. Our work offers three important innovations. First, we use the exact weekly duration of internet use to explain inequalities in internet intensity, explicitly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568593