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Fixing the leak : unemployment incidence before and after the 2006 reform of unemployment benefits in Germany

Dlugosz, Stephan; Stephan, Gesine; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2009

From 2002–2004, the German government passed several laws that curtailed the generosity of the unemployment compensation system. One of the most ambitious changes was a considerable reduction in unemployment benefit entitlement lengths for older unemployed, which was effective during 2006 and...

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Innovative capability and financing constraints for innovation more money, more innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna; Peters, Bettina - 2009

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the idea of an ideal test as suggested by Hall (2008). Firms were offered a hypothetical payment and were asked to choose between alternatives of use. If they choose additional innovation...

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Enterprise systems and innovations

Engelstätter, Benjamin - 2009

This paper analyzes the relationship between the three main enterprise systems (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM)) and firms’ innovational performance. It studies whether the enterprise systems have impacts on process as...

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Does interdisciplinarity lead to higher employment growth of academic spinoffs?

Müller, Bettina - 2009

successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is …

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Corporate governance and current regulation in the German banking sector : an overview and assessment

Köhler, Matthias - 2010

This paper gives an overview over corporate governance and banking regulation in Germany. Particular attention is put …, some of the recommendations and suggestions made to improve corporate governance in Germany are not legally binding even …

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Female labor force participation and the big five

Wichert, Laura; Pohlmeier, Winfried - 2010

This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits and female labor force participation. While research on the role of cognitive skills for individual labor market success has a long tradition in economics, comparatively little is known about the channels through which...

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Evaluation of public R&D policies : a cross-country comparison

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2010

Belgien, Deutschland und Luxemburg verwendet. Zusätzlich stehen CISharmonisierte Informationen aus Südafrika zur Verfügung …

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The demand for climate protection : an empirical assessment for Germany

Löschel, Andreas; Sturm, Bodo; Vogt, Carla - 2010

experiment with a sample of the residential population in Mannheim, Germany. Participants were endowed with € 40 and given the …

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The heterogeneous effects of training incidence and duration on labor market transitions

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Paul, Marie - 2010

start. The effects are higher for women than for men and higher in West Germany than in East Germany. Further, we find that …Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und in vielen … Beschäftigungssuche ab, denn in Deutschland können dem Arbeitslosen zu jedem Zeitpunkt Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen zugewiesen werden …

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Voluntary giving and economic growth : time series evidence for the US

Heinemann, Friedrich - 2010

This study analyzes the sensitivity of US giving to both business cycle fluctuations and trend growth. With tax revenues as a point of reference, US giving constitutes a relatively stable source of revenue. Total giving is characterized by a business cycle volatility which is comparable to the...

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