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The adoption of new technologies and the age structure of the workforce

Meyer, Jenny (contributor) - 2008

This paper provides firm-level evidence for the relationship between the age structure of the workforce and the adoption of new or significantly improved technologies in service sector firms. Furthermore, it closes a research gap by analyzing the joint impact of the age of the workforce and the...

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Seniority and job stability : a quantile regression approach using matched employer-employee data

Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor); … - 2007

Job mobility and employment durations can be explained by different theoretical approaches, such as job matching or human capital theory or dual labor market approaches. These models may, however, apply to different degrees at different durations in the employment spell. Standard empirical...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003447751

Which personnel measures are effective in increasing productivity of old workers?

Goebel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2010

In this study, we investigate the effect of five specific human resource measures for old employees (SMOE) on their relative productivity. Despite the fact that SMOE are applied in the majority of establishments, this is the first representative study on the effectiveness of these measures. We...

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Small firm innovation performance and employee involvement

Andries, Petra; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2012

It is known that small firms rely mainly on the CEO’s individual knowledge for developing innovations. Recent work suggests that this approach is inefficient since it underutilizes other employees’ knowledge. We study to which extent using CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees’ ideas...

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Formelle und informelle berufliche Weiterbildung und Verdienst bei Arbeitnehmern und Selbständigen

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reize, Frank - 2000

Investitionen in Weiterbildung werden typischerweise durch die erwartete Zunahme individueller Fähigkeiten motiviert. In dieser Arbeit wird untersucht, von welchen sozio-ökonomischen und beruflichen Merkmalen die Teilnahme an formeller und informeller beruflicher Weiterbildung abhängt, und...

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Older workers and the adoption of new technologies

Meyer, Jenny (contributor) - 2007

For the first time data of German ICT and knowledge intensive service providers are used to analyze the relation between the age structure of the workforce and the probability of adopting new technologies. The results show that firms with a higher share of younger employees are more likely to...

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The targeted negative income tax (TNIT) in Germany . evidence from a quasi experiment

Spermann, Alexander (contributor); … - 2005

We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called ʺTargeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)ʺ is a time-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus...

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Older workers and the adoption of new technologies

Meyer, Jenny (contributor) - 2008 - Revised version: January 2008

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Individual exchange rate forecasts and expected fundamentals

Dick, Christian D.; MacDonald, Ronald; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2011

This paper suggests that exchange rates are related to economic fundamentals over medium-term horizons, such as a month or longer. We find from a large panel of individual professionals' forecasts that good exchange rate forecasts benefit from the proper understanding of fundamentals,...

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Die externen Luftverschmutzungskosten des motorisierten Individualverkehrs in Deutschland : ein regionaler Vergleich

Weinreich, Sigurd - 2000

(MIV) für verschiedene Technologien, Fahrsituationen und alle Regionen in Deutschland berechnet. Dabei ist das Ziel der …) generiert. Die wichtigsten Faktoren für diese hohen regionalen Unterschiede sind der vorherrschende Südwestwind in Deutschland … Bevölkerungsdichte in der Fläche über Deutschland und weite Teile Europas. Die Untersuchung wird abgerundet durch die Abschätzung der …

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