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The heterogeneous effects of training incidence and duration on labor market transitions

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Paul, Marie - 2010

This paper estimates the impact of training incidence and duration on employment transitions accounting for the endogeneity of program participation and duration. We specify a very flexible bivariate random effects probit model for employment and training participation and we use Bayesian Markov...

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Separating introduction effects from selectivity effects : the differences in employment patterns of codetermined firms

Gralla, Rafael; Kraft, Kornelius - 2011

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Green innovations and organizational change : making better use of environmental technology

Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - 2014 - This version - February 2014

This study investigates productivity effects to firms introducing new environmental technologies. The literature on within-firm organisational change and productivity suggests that firms can get higher productivity effects from adopting new technologies if complementary organisational changes...

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Causal effects on employment after first birth : a dynamic treatment approach

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin; Steffes, Susanne - 2013

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Causal effects on employment after first birth : a dynamic treatment approach

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin; Steffes, Susanne - 2013

The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for the case of Germany, a country with a long maternity...

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Innovative capability and financing constraints for innovation more money, more innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna; Peters, Bettina - 2012 - Rev. version: August 2012

This study presents a novel empirical approach to identify financing constraints for innovation based on the concept of an ideal test (Hall 2008). Firms were offered a hypothetical payment and were asked to choose between alternatives of use. If they selected additional innovation projects, they...

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The effectiveness of public sponsored training revisited : the importance of data and methodological choices

Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; … - 2012 - This version: August 29, 2012

As the first, substantive contribution, this paper revisits the effectiveness of two widely used public sponsored training programs, the first one focusing on intensive occupational training and the second one on short-term activation and job entry. We use an exceptionally rich administrative...

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Green innovations and organizational change : making better use of environmental technology

Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - 2012

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Separating introduction effects from selectivity effects : the differences in employment patterns of co-determined firms

Gralla, Rafael; Kraft, Kornelius - 2012

This study examines differences in employment growth between firms with and without works councils by separating introduction effects from potential selectivity effects. Using a difference in differences framework, we show that firms with works councils have higher employment growth before...

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Expertise zur Entwicklung der Lohnungleichheit in Deutschland

Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2012

In Deutschland ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten ein deutlicher Anstieg der Lohnungleichheit zu beobachten, der sich bis … Darstellung und Diskussion der Entwicklung der Lohnungleichheit in Deutschland auf Basis der Ergebnisse von einschlägigen … Migration nach Deutschland und des internationalen Handels behandelt werden konnten. …

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