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Job shopping after vocational training? : an empirical analysis of the transition from apprenticeship training to work

Franz, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Volker - 2001

This econometric study deals with the question as to what extent apprentices after successfully completing their … apprentices in order to collect the returns from its investment in their training which frequently is associated with net costs …. On the other hand, the firm dismisses apprentices if training is viewed by the firm as a screening device or if …

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Good occupation - bad occupation? : the quality of apprenticeship training

Göggel, Kathrin; Zwick, Thomas - 2009

apprentices with different schooling back-grounds. Apprentices in commerce and trading occupations strongly profit from an …

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Individual determinants of inventor productivity : report and preliminary results with evidence from linked human capital and patent data

Frosch, Katharina; Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin; … - 2015

This report offers new insights into the drivers of inventor productivity at the individual level. It includes well-known drivers, such as inventor age and education, and controls for inventor team size, and firm/applicant information, as well as period and technology field effects derived from...

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International stock return predictability under model uncertainty

Schrimpf, Andreas (contributor) - 2008

This paper examines return predictability when the investor is uncertain about the right state variables. A novel feature of the model averaging approach used in this paper is to account for finite-sample bias of the coefficients in the predictive regressions. Drawing on an extensive...

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Unternehmens- versus Analystenbefragungen : zum Prognosegehalt von ifo-Geschäftserwartungen und ZEW-Konjunkturerwartungen

Hüfner, Felix; Schröder, Michael - 2001

In der vorliegenden Arbeit untersuchen wir die Eignung der ifo-Geschäftserwartungen und der ZEW-Konjunkturerwartungen als Frühindikatoren für die deutsche Industrieproduktion. Anhand von Granger-Kausalitätstests wird gezeigt, dass die auf Umfragen unter Finanzanalysten basierenden...

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Forecasting economic activity in Germany : how useful are sentiment indicators?

Hüfner, Felix; Schröder, Michael - 2002

We analyze four economic sentiment indicators for the German economy regarding their ability to forecast economic activity. Using cross correlations and Granger causality tests we find that the ifo business expectations (ifo), the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) and the ZEW Indicator of Economic...

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What determines the ZEW Indicator?

Lahl, David; Hüfner, Felix - 2003

This paper analyzes which factors are driving the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment. Using the results of a poll among survey participants as well as Granger causality tests we identify three groups of influence factors: other sentiment indicators, financial variables and real economy data. In...

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Wie genau sind die Konjunkturprognosen der Institute für Deutschland?

Kappler, Marcus (contributor) - 2006

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Accuracy and properties of German business cycle forecasts

Osterloh, Steffen (contributor) - 2006

In this paper the accuracy of a wide range of German business cycle forecasters is assessed for the past 10 years. For this purpose, a data set is used comprising forecasts published on a monthly basis by Consensus Economics. The application of several descriptive as well as statistical measures...

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The magic of the personal touch : field experimental evidence on money appreciation as gifts

Bradler, Christiane; Neckermann, Susanne - 2016

This paper makes use of two field experiments to explore individual effort responses to gifts. We extend the literature by looking at nonfinancial gifts and gifts that combine financial and nonfinancial elements with or without adding a “personal touch.” We find that non-pecuniary gifts that...

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