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The use of flexible working contracts in West Germany : evidence from an establishment panel
Boockmann, Bernhard; Hagen, Tobias - 2001
This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446246
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Earnings of men and women in firms with a female dominated workforce : what drives the impact of sex segregation on wages?
Heinze, Anja - 2009
qualifications among women or discrimination against women. To investigate this issue empirically, I use matched employer …-employee data from Germany. My results indicate that an increasing proportion of women in an establishment reduces wages for males … and females in both western and eastern Germany. Furthermore the empirical analysis shows that by successively including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003817159
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Gender wage differences in West Germany : a cohort analysis
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - 2000
A comprehensive descriptive analysis of gender wage differences over a long time period is missing for West Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444942
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The changing life cycle pattern in female employment : a comparison of Germany and the UK
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - 2002
-time and part-time employment of different skill groups of women in the UK and West Germany. The analysis is based on large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447839
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Occupational and locational substitution : measuring the effect of occupational and regional mobility
Aldashev, Alisher - 2009
regional mobility in West Germany but higher occupational mobility in East Germany. The results show that if occupations were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824047
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Short-term training programs for immigrants : do effects differ from natives and why?
Aldashev, Alisher; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2010
welfare recipients in Germany. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between both groups and what might … ; decomposition ; matching ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003954181
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Against the one-way-street : analyzing knowledge transfer from industry to science
Fier, Heide; Pyka, Andreas - 2010
This study aims at analyzing the differences in the factors that influence the probability of knowledge transfer within industry and from industry to science in the biotechnology sector. In order to model these knowledge flows a citation analysis on the basis of patent data was conducted and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989029
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Does immigration weaken natives’ support for the welfare state? : evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
state ; immigration ; ethnic diversity ; Germany ; cluster-robust standard errors ; two-way clustering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923101
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Temporary extra jobs for immigrants : merging lane to employment or dead-end road in welfare?
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2010
immigrants. -- Immigrants ; employment programs ; evaluation ; decomposition of effects ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961542
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Informal university technology transfer : a comparison between the United States and Germany
Grimpe, Christoph; Fier, Heide - 2009
States and Germany where the equivalent of the Bay-Dole-Act has come into force only in 2002. Based on a sample of more than … 800 university scientists, our results show similar relationships for the United States and Germany. Faculty quality which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857707