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R&D and firm performance in a transition economy
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2006
of firms in Western Germany and Eastern Germany as a transitional economy. Innovative activity has a positive impact on … firm value proxied by ratings in Western Germany, but a negative impact in Eastern Germany. We also consider future … financial distress, and find that R&D in Eastern German firms leads to higher default risk, in contrast to Western Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328090
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Wage convergence and inequality after unification : (East) Germany in transition
Gernandt, Johannes (contributor);  … - 2008
Germany, who lived in East Germany in 1989, with groups of West German statistical twin workers, all taken from the Socio …. Wages of migrants to West Germany equal the ones of their West German statistical twins. We conclude that labor markets in … East and West Germany are still characterized by wage differences but that the degree of inequality in both regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003702975
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The economics of crime : investigating the drugs-crime channel: empirical evidence from panel data of the German states
Entorf, Horst; Winkler, Peter - 2001
The rising trends both in drug addiction and crime rates are of major public concern in Germany. Surprisingly, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446641
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Geduld von Vorschulkindern : Ergebnisse einer Experimentalstudie im Haushaltskontext von Kindern
Bartling, Björn; Fehr, Ernst; Fischer, Barbara; Kosse, … - 2009
In dieser Studie werden anhand einer experimentellen Datenerhebung im Rahmen der deutschen Längsschnittstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP) mögliche Determinanten des Belohnungsaufschubs im Alter von fünf bis sechs Jahren untersucht (im Folgenden als „Geduld bei Kindern“ bezeichnet)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902933
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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2009
According to our research, some 12% of young people in Germany between the ages of 17 and 19 are disconnected, i.e. not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902946
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Mutter-Kind-Interaktion im Säuglingsalter, Familienumgebung und Entwicklung früher kognitiver und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten : eine prospektive Studie
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; … - 2010
In der vorliegenden Studie wird anhand von Daten einer prospektiven Längsschnittstudie (Mannheimer Risikokinderstudie) untersucht, welchen Beitrag die Qualität der Mutter-Kind-Interaktion (MKI) im Säuglingsalter zur Vorhersage kognitiver (IQ) und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten (Persistenz) bis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003979094
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Online but still divided : inequality in private internet use in Germany
Coneus, Katja; Schleife, Katrin - 2010
internet use in Germany. Our work offers three important innovations. First, we use the exact weekly duration of internet use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003979123
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Pollution exposure and infant health : evidence from Germany
Coneus, Katja; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2010
years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701438
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The role of parental investments for cognitive and noncognitive skill formation : evidence for the first 11 years of life
Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; Reuß, Karsten - 2010
This paper examines the impact of parental investments on the development of cognitive, mental and emotional skills during childhood using data from a longitudinal study, the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, starting at birth. Our work offers three important innovations. First, we use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961553
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Instrumental variable estimation of the causal effect of hunger early in life on health later in life
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Pinger, Pia; Schoch, Johannes - 2012
Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing individuals born during a famine to others. Nutritional intake is typically unobserved and endogenous, whereas famines arguably provide exogenous variation in the provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510103