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The Returns to Continuous Training in Germany: New Evidence from Propensity Score Matching Estimators
Muehler, Grit; Beckmann, Michael; Schauenberg, Bernd - 2007
The present paper examines the wage effects of continuous training programs using individual-level data from the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP). In order to account for selectivity in training participation we estimate average treatment effects (ATE and ATT) of general and firm-specific...
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Betriebliche Weiterbildung und Arbeitsmarktsituation: Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen im Lichte organisationstheoretischer Ansätze und empirischer Datenanalyse
Martin, Albert; Düll, Herbert - 2000
Unser Aufsatz beschäftigt sich mit der Logik des Weiterbildungsverhaltens von Unternehmen. Wir kommen zu dem Ergebnis, daß das Weiterbildungsverhalten nicht ausschließlich einem ökonomischem Kalkül folgt, sondern nur erklärt werden kann, wenn man die Wirkungsweise betrieblicher...
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When the early bird catches the worm: The impact of training in retail
Hinerasky, Christiane; Fahr, René - 2011
We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month e-learning programme in a large retail chain with monthly data on sales revenue, for four years using panel regressions. Participants in early cohorts show positive performance effects during training periods that depreciate...
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Effects of workplace representation on firm-provided further training in Germany
Stegmaier, Jens - 2010
Unions are an important indicator of various measures of firm performance in Anglo-Saxon countries. The same holds for the German analogue of workplace unionism's the works council. Using the IAB Establishment Panel I examine the impact of works councils and shop-floor participation on further...
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Organisation, Personalpolitik und betriebliche Performance
Möller, Iris - 2007
Um Wettbewerbsvorteile gegenüber konkurrierenden Unternehmen zu erreichen werden oft Änderung in der Arbeitsorganisation und der Personalpolitikvorgenommen oder neue, innovative Maßnahmen des Personalmanagements eingeführt. Dabei führt die Veränderung oder Einführung einzelner Maßnahmen...
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The winding road to industrial safety: Evidence on the effects of environmental liability on accident prevention in Germany
Hoffmeister, Onno; Schwarze, Reimund - 2007
The German Environmental Liability Law (ELL) of 1991 has introduced far-reaching civil liability for environmental damages with the aim to increase firms? efforts to prevent accidents. Previous studies find poor evidence that this goal has actually been achieved. One and a half decades after the...
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Why are mothers working longer hours in Austria than in Germany? A comparative micro simulation analysis
Dearing, Helene; Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine; … - 2007
Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers' employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293998
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Exports, R&D and productivity: A test of the Bustos-model with German enterprise data
Wagner, Joachim - 2012
This paper presents the first empirical test with German firm level data of a hypothesis derived by Bustos (AER 2011) in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to export and to engage in R&D. Using a non-parametric test for first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294473
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Lingering illness or sudden death? Pre-exit employment developments in German establishments
Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 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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Trading many goods with many countries: Exporters and importers from German manufacturing industries
Wagner, Joachim - 2012
In Germany, for the reporting year 2009 transaction-level data on exports and imports of goods have been aggregated at …
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