untersucht empirisch die Auswirkungen von Offshoring auf Arbeiterflüsse in Deutschland. Während Offshoring die Stabilität von … Dienstleistungssektor. Die Effekte von Offshoring hängen ferner stark vom Alter und der Bildung des einzelnen Arbeitnehmers ab. … rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a …

impact of foreign offshoring of intermediate inputs on the growing wage gap in U.S. manufacturing industries is larger than …

and off-shoring often supported by culture change programmes. These changes have resulted in work intensification, have … not delivered productivity gains and have had a negative effect on managers' well-being. The effects of change were … perceived differently by directors and other managers. Despite continuous cost reduction, productivity in the UK remains below …

between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …

on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …

-, consultation-, and co-determination rights. The effects works councils have on productivity and profits are estimated for medium …-sized manufacturing firms using information from the IAB establishment panel. The results indicate a positive effect on productivity of 6 …

There is a growing number of studies that investigate the effect of trade liberalization on productivity and nearly all … assume that trade policy is independently determined of productivity, hence it is exogenous. I show that this assumption is … of trade protection, productivity directly influences tariffs. Moreover, this productivity-tariff relationship partly …