' effects in the literature, by employment losses from process and organisational innovation and by general productivity …The shift of employment from lower to higher productive firms is an important driver for structural change and industry … dynamics. We investigate this reallocation in terms of employment gains and losses from innovation. New employment created by …

a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for … very strong negative employment effects after childbirth. Although the employment loss is reduced over the first five years … following childbirth, it does not level off to zero. The employment loss is lower for mothers with a university degree. It is …

Productivity growth has been slow in many continental European countries over the last few decades, especially in … product market competition experience higher rates of productivity growth. We also find weak evidence for the notion that in … Germany's bank-based system of internal control, ownership concentration is harmful for productivity growth. …

estimation for 20 OECD countries from 1970 onwards. The conclusion is that the exchange rate regime as such is not relevant for …

period 1975-1984 suggest that competition between levels of government (resulting in a vertical fiscal externality) and … to lower the reliance of national government om income taxes though the vertical externality, but may also tend to …

fiscal drag. The subsequent econometric analysis is performed for total and disaggregated government revenues. The results …