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...

The IAB Establishment Panel was launched to obtain information on the demand side of the labor market. This data meets two requirements: providing high quality data for the scientific aims and having an information system for policy makers and practitioners. As it started in 1993 a rich data set...