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Establishment exits in Germany: the role of size and age
Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - In: Small Business Economics 41 (2013) 3, pp. 683-700
Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …
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Are the self-employed really jacks-of-all-trades? Testing the assumptions and implications of Lazear’s theory of entrepreneurship with German data
Lechmann, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 1, pp. 59-76
Using a large representative German data set and various concepts of self-employment, this paper tests the “jack-of-all-trades” view of entrepreneurship by Lazear (Am Econ Rev 94(2): 208–211, <CitationRef CitationID="CR27">2004</CitationRef>). Consistent with its theoretical assumptions we find that self-employed individuals perform...</citationref>
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Why is there a gender earnings gap in self-employment? A decomposition analysis with German data
Lechmann, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012) 1, pp. 1-25
J31, J71 </AbstractSection> Copyright Lechmann and Schnabel; licensee Springer. 2012
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Centralized vs. Decentralized Wage Formation: The Role of Firms’ Production Technology
Hirsch, Boris; Merkl, Christian; Müller, Steffen; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
setting due to labor cost and straitjacket effects. As firms in Germany are allowed to choose their wage formation regime, we … test these two hypotheses with representative establishment data for West Germany. We find that establishments with …
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Survival of spinoffs and other startups: First evidence for the private sector in Germany, 1976 - 2008
Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
find that spinoffs are less likely to exit than other startups. We show that in West and East Germany and in all sectors …
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Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? Evidence from the Employers' Side
Brenzel, Hanna; Gartner, Hermann; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Using a representative establishment dataset, this paper is the first to analyze the incidence of wage posting and wage bargaining in the matching process from the employer's side. We show that both modes of wage determination coexist in the German labor market, with about two-thirds of hirings...
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Wage bargaining or wage posting? Evidence from the employers' side
Brenzel, Hanna; Gartner, Hermann; Schnabel, Claus - In: Labour Economics 29 (2014) C, pp. 41-48
Using a representative establishment dataset, this paper is the first to analyze the incidence of wage bargaining and wage posting in the matching process from the employers' side. We show that both modes of wage determination coexist in the German labor market, with more than one-third of...
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United, Yet Apart? A Note on Persistent Labour Market Differences between Western and Eastern Germany
Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly …
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Coming to Work While Sick: An Economic Theory of Presenteeism with an Application to German Data
Hirsch, Boris; Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Presenteeism, i.e. attending work while sick, is widespread and associated with significant costs. Still, economic analyses of this phenomenon are rare. In a theoretical model, we show that presenteeism arises due to differences between workers in (health-related) disutility from workplace...
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Lingering Illness or Sudden Death? Pre-Exit Employment Developments in German Establishments
Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear "shadow of death" effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …
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