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The impact of information technology on high-skilled labour in services : evidence from firm level panel data

Falk, Martin; Seim, Katja - 2000 - Revised January 2000

This paper analyses the link between the high-skilled employment share and the level of investment in information technology (IT) in the service production process. The analysis is based on an unbalanced panel data set for 933 West German firms over the period 1994-1996. To account for firms...

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What drives the vacancy rate for information technology workers?

Falk, Martin - 2001

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The impact of office machinery and computer capital on the demand for heterogeneous labor

Falk, Martin - 2002

This paper analyzes the impact of office machinery and computer capital (OCM) on the demand for heterogeneous labor. A system of static and dynamic factor demand equations based on a variant of the generalized Box-Cox cost function nesting the translog, the generalized Leontief and the...

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Workers' skill level and information technology : evidence from German service firms

Falk, Martin; Seim, Katja - 1999

This paper analyses the link between human capitaland information technology(IT ) in the service production process. The analysis is based on 1994 cross-sectional data for 1929 German. Firms drawn from the first wave of the Mannheim Service Innovation Panel (MIP-S). Factor demand functions are...

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Organizational change, new information and communication technologies and the demand for labor in services

Falk, Martin - 2001

Between 1993 and 1995, the majority of German firms in services introduced new organizational practices (OC), in particular total quality management systems, certified ISO 9000, lean administration, flatter hierarchies, delegation of authority and ICT-enabled organizational changes). This paper...

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Diffusion of information technology, internet use and the demand of heterogeneous labor

Falk, Martin - 2001

This paper analyzes the link between the diffusion of information- and communication technology (ICT) and both the skill structure and employment expectations of the different skill categories. The analysis is based on cross-sectional data for 4150 German firms conducted in mid-2000. The...

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Designing emissions trading in practice general considerations and experiences from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)

Heindl, Peter; Löschel, Andreas - 2012

regarding emissions trading are discussed. Currently, the largest trading scheme is the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS …. Because of its prominent role, the basic design and the process of introducing the EU scheme are reviewed in more detail …. Finally, the impact of the EU ETS on the regulated entities is analyzed based on an annual survey among German companies …

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Financial sector-output dynamics in the euro area : non-linearities reconsidered

Schleer, Frauke; Semmler, Willi - 2014 - This version: January 2014

We analyze the feedback mechanisms between economic downturns and financial stress for several euro area countries. Our study employs newly constructed financial condition indices that incorporate banking variables extensively. We apply a non-linear Vector Smooth Transition Autoregressive...

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Financial sector-output dynamics in the euro area : non-linearities reconsidered

Schleer, Frauke; Semmler, Willi - 2013

We analyze the feedback mechanisms between economic downturns and financial stress for euro area countries. Our study employs newly constructed financial condition indices that incorporate extensively banking variables. We apply a nonlinear Vector Smooth Transition Autoregressive (VSTAR) model...

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Financial intermediaries and emissions trading market development and pricing strategies

Heindl, Peter - 2012

the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The choice of regulated firms to trade permits through intermediaries or …% of the permit price. In the EU ETS, firms that trade more than 283,000 tCO2/year are likely to directly access the …

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