By exploiting establishment-level data, this paper sheds new light on the sources of the changes in the structure of production, wages, and employment that have occurred over the last several decades. We investigate the following two related hypotheses. First, that most of the recent increase in...

Using a large longitudinal, nationally representative workplace-level dataset, we explore the productivity gains associated with computer use and organizational redesign. The empirical strategy involves the estimation of a production function, augmented to account for technology use and...

Using German firm-level data, an endogenous switching regression model within a production function framework is estimated in order to explore differences in labor productivity between IT outsourcing and non-IT outsourcing firms. This approach takes possible complementarities between IT...

[Vorwort] Die Gesundheitssysteme industrialisierter Nationen befinden sich in einem zunehmenden Spannungsfeld aus Forderungen nach ökonomischer Effizienz, qualitativ hochwertiger medizinischer Versorgung und gesteigerter Transparenz bei gleichzeitiger Berücksichtigung des stetigen...