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Union membership and age : the inverted U-shape hypothesis under test

Schnabel, Claus (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008

In this note we cast some doubt on the claim put forward by David Blanchflower (2007) that the probability of being unionized follows an inverted U-shaped pattern in age with a maximum in the mid- to late 40s. By using a special test for an inverted Ushaped pattern that has not been applied to...

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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012 - This version: November 29, 2012

This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...

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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012

This empirical paper documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly...

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Age and gender effects of workforce composition on productivity and profits : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - In: Contemporary economics 8 (2014) 1, pp. 25-46

This empirical paper documents the relationship between the composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using newly...

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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - In: Journal for labour market research 47 (2014) 3, pp. 223-231

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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012

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The evolution of the school-entry age effect in a school tracking system

Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Puhani, Patrick A. - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 45 (2010) 2, pp. 407-438

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Does the early bird catch the worm? : Instrumental variable estimates of educational effects of age of school entry in Germany

Puhani, Patrick A.; Weber, Andrea M. - 2006

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Does the early bird catch the worm? : Instrumental variable estimates of educational effects of age of school entry in Germany

Puhani, Patrick A. (contributor); … - 2005

We estimate the effect of age of school entry on educational attainment using three different data sets for Germany, sampling pupils at the end of primary school, in the middle of secondary school and several years after secondary school. Results are obtained based on instrumental variable...

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Does the early bird catch the worm? : Instrumental variable estimates of educational effects of age of school entry in Germany

Puhani, Patrick A. (contributor); … - 2006

We estimate the effect of age of school entry on educational outcomes using two different data sets for Germany, sampling pupils at the end of primary school and in the middle of secondary school. Results are obtained based on instrumental variable estimation exploiting the exogenous variation...

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