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Social return on investment of mutual support based housing projects : potential for socio-economic cost savings and higher living quality
Borgloh, Sarah; Westerheide, Peter - 2010
Our paper describes the results of a Social Return on Investment analysis of four new housing projects in Germany. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961564
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Skill composition and regional entrepreneurship : a comparative study between Germany and Portugal
Mendonça, Joana; Grimpe, Christoph - 2009
general as well as in technology- and knowledge-intensive subsectors. We compare Germany and Portugal which exhibit, though EU … results for Germany reveal exactly the opposite effect. These results suggest that both specialization and diversity theories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003888000
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Spatial model selection and spatial knowledge spillovers : a regional view of Germany
Klarl, Torben - 2010
The aim of this paper is to introduce a new model selection mechanism for cross sectional spatial models. This method is more flexible than the approach proposed by Florax et al. (2003) since it controls for spatial dependence as well as for spatial heterogeneity. In particular, Bayesian and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922966
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Do university based regions really attract outside entrepreneurs : the case of the German biotechnology industry
Engel, Dirk (contributor); Heneric, Oliver (contributor) - 2005
The paper tests empirically the role of knowledge stocks to explain the regional distribution of Germany … only for academic founders inside as well as outside the region. In contrast, the start-up activity of non …-academic founders coming from inside or outside the region cannot be explained with knowledge intensity of the region. Our empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003114223
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Die Auswirkungen des demografischen Wandels auf das Gründungsgeschehen in Deutschland
Gottschalk, Sandra (contributor);  … - 2008
Die demografische Entwicklung in Deutschland wird auf mittlere Sicht zu einer nennenswerten Absenkung der bisher für … Strukturen in die Zukunft, dass die demografische Bevölkerungsentwicklung in Deutschland langfristig zu einer Absenkung des … Alter von 50 bis 59 Jahren simuliert wird. Dies verdeutlicht, dass nur geringe Anstrengungen nötig sind, um das …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003721788
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Beschäftigung und Lohnstrukturen nach Qualifikationen und Altersgruppen : eine empirische Analyse auf Basis der IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Garloff, Alfred; Kohn, Karsten - 2003
Diese Arbeit untersucht empirisch den Zusammenhang von Beschäftigung und Lohnstrukturen zwischen sowie innerhalb von Qualifikations- und Altersgruppen. Zunächst werden Substitutionselastizitäten zwischen Qualifikations- und Altersgruppen geschätzt und die Lohnveränderungen bestimmt, die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448985
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Are local milieus the key to innovation performance?
Binz, Hanna L. (contributor); Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor) - 2008
This study investigates how local milieus foster innovation success of firms. We complement the common practice of linking firm performance indicators to regional characteristics with survey evidence on the perceived importance of locational factors. While the former approach assumes that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003634815
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Geographical and multi-product linkages of markets : impact on firm equilibrium interactions (some evidence from the European car market)
Leheyda, Nina (contributor) - 2008
This paper aims to study geographical and multi-product linkages of markets (multiple market presence) and firm behaviour interdependence as a result of such linkages existence. In particular, it attempts to answer whether the multimarket linkages lead to more cooperative behaviour among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793979
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Are local milieus the key to innovation performance?
Binz, Hanna L. (contributor); Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor) - 2008 - Rev. version
This study investigates how local milieus foster innovation success of firms. We complement the common practice of linking firm performance indicators to regional characteristics with survey evidence on the perceived importance of locational factors. While the former approach assumes that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003751840
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Earnings losses after non-employment increase with age
Zwick, Thomas (contributor) - 2008
This paper shows that earnings losses after unemployment increase with age. First, older employees start out with relatively high earnings in comparison to employees without employment interruptions several years before the non-employment spell. This earnings advantage turns into a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728393