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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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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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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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The impact of informational costs in quantity regulation of pollutants : the case of the European Emissions Trading Scheme

Heindl, Peter - 2011

There is extreme heterogeneity of firms regulated under the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in terms of … complex technology will face a threshold for evaluating abatement options and costs. We compare the EU ETS to the US SO2 …

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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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The impact of administrative transaction costs in the EU emissions trading system

Heindl, Peter - 2015

) of emissions on companies regulated by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in Germany. Based on a unique panel … amount of annual emissions for larger companies which has implications for the economic efficiency of the EU ETS. The most …' of companies. This implies the existence of considerable economies of scale. Overall, the EU ETS could benefit from …

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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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