to other countries subject to the economic downturn, the labor market situation in Germany remained relaxed. In Autumn … labor hoarding at the plant level. However, there is scarce empirical evidence of this especially at the micro- (plant … through the wide-spread use of working time accounts, helped plants to establish their labor-hoarding strategies. The aim of …

work addressing the question of why firms differ in their productivity levels and presents evidence for Germany. …, productivity growth has been slowing down in all developed economies. At the same time, however, studies have found that a handfull … of highly productive companies continue to record above-average productivity growth. Hence, the authors observe …

The human capital of a nation is highly correlated to its productivity. Thus, differences in human capital may be seen … as one factor determining the productivity gap between East and West Germany. However, a disadvantage of East Germany … with regard to hu-man capital only shows up as long as it concerns skills that are built up on the job, i.e., by learning …

to other countries subject to the economic downturn, the labor market situation in Germany remained relaxed. In Autumn … labor hoarding at the plant level. However, there is scarce empirical evidence of this especially at the micro- (plant … through the wide-spread use of working time accounts, helped plants to establish their labor-hoarding strategies. The aim of …