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IT, Organizational Change and Wages
Spitz, Alexandra; Bertschek, Irene - 2003
In this paper we analyze the impact of information technology and organizational changes on wages using individual level data for 1998/1999. The average impact of IT use on wages turns out to be five to six percent, however, the effects differ across different IT components. Unless employees use...
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Organizational change, new information and communication technologies and the demand for labor in services
Falk, Martin - 2001
particular total quality management systems, certified ISO 9000, lean administration, flatter hierarchies, delegation of …
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How to Limit Discrimination? Analyzing the Effects of Innovative Workplace Practices on Intra-Firm Gender Wage Gaps Using Linked Employer-Employee Data
Wolf, Elke; Heinze, Anja - 2007
This paper provides a new approach to assess the impact of organisational changes fostering employee involvement, performance related pay schemes and other relevant trends in personnel policy on the gender wage gap. Our results indicate that innovative human resource practices tend to limit the...
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Returns to education in West Germany: an empirical assessment
Lauer, Charlotte; Steiner, Viktor - 2000
This paper analyses the developments in the returns to education in West Germany for the period from 1984 to 1997 …
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Private Erträge von Bildungsinvestitionen in Deutschland
Steiner, Viktor; Lauer, Charlotte - 2000
Deutschland geschätzten Bildungsrenditen mit den für die anderen Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union berechneten …
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Non-technological and Technological Innovation: Strange Bedfellows?
Schmidt, Tobias; Rammer, Christian - 2007
Non-technological innovation is an important element of firms? innovation activities that both supplement and complement technological innovation, i.e. the introduction of new products and new processes. We analyse the spread of nontechnological innovation in firms, their relation to...
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Carbon management: Evidence from case studies of German firms under the EU ETS
Heindl, Peter; Lutz, Benjamin - 2012
This paper examines the management practices of German firms with obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU …. The paper sheds light on management and trading practices, abatement behaviour, and the impact of the EU ETS on long …-term decisions, such as investment decisions or innovative capacity. The aim is to provide information on firm-internal management …
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What Determines the ZEW Indicator?
Hüfner, Felix P.; Lahl, David - 2003
This paper analyzes which factors are driving the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment. Using the results of a poll among survey participants as well as Granger causality tests we identify three groups of influence factors: other sentiment indicators, financial variables and real economy data. In...
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Auswirkungen von Erbschaften und Schenkungen auf die Vermögensbildung privater Personen und Haushalte: Eine ökonometrische Analyse auf der Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels
Westerheide, Peter - 2004
Die Untersuchung analysiert das Sparverhalten der über 30- bis unter 50jährigen Personen bzw. Haushalte mit Haushaltsvorständen in dieser Altersgruppe in Reaktion auf erhaltene Erbschaften bzw. Transfers zu Lebzeiten. Zugrunde liegen aktuelle Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels. Mittels...
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Integrated Financial Supervision in Germany
Schüler, Martin - 2004
With the establishment of the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) in May 2002 Germany followed the … authority in Germany. Moreover, BaFin?s tasks and structure are discussed. …
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