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Emergence of nano S&T in Germany: network formation and company performance
Heinze, Thomas - 2006
This article investigates the emergence of nano S&T in Germany. Using multiple longitudinal data sets, we describe the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299386
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Worker directors: a German product that didn't export?
Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
Despite its lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasiparity codetermination at company level has held up remarkably well. We recount the theoretical arguments for and against codetermination and survey the empirical evidence on the effects of the institution, tracing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299746
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Low-wage careers: are there dead-end firms and dead-end jobs?
Mosthaf, Alexander; Schnabel, Claus; Stephani, Jens - 2010
Using representative linked employer-employee data of the German Federal Employment Agency, this paper shows that just one out of seven full-time employees who earned low wages (i.e. less than two-thirds of the median wage) in 1998/99 was able to earn wages above the low-wage threshold in 2003....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299895
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The institutional context of an "empirical law": the wage curve under different regimes of collective bargaining
Blien, Uwe; Dauth, Wolfgang; Schank, Thorsten; … - 2009
-scale linked employer-employee data set for western Germany, this paper provides a first test of the relevance of different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299897
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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299930
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The social long-term care insurance in Germany: origin, situation, threats, and perspectives
Heinicke, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2010
This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of … long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar … within the system of social insurances in Germany and its set-up with regard to eligibility criteria, service provision and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299987
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Short-term training programs for immigrants: do effects differ from natives and why?
Aldashev, Alisher; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2010
welfare recipients in Germany. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between both groups and what might …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300013
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Makroökonomische Rahmenbedingungen und die Einkommensverteilung: Welchen Einfluss hat die Finanzkrise?
Berthold, Norbert; Brunner, Alexander; Zenzen, Jupp - 2010
untersuchen. Auf Basis des sozio-ökonomischen Panels (SOEP) analysieren wir erstmalig diesen Zusammenhang für Deutschland. Dabei … erwarten, dass die Finanzkrise eine dämpfende Wirkung auf die Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland haben wird. … socio-economic panel (SOEP) we make a we make a first attempt to measure these effects for Germany. We find only little …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300316
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Temporary extra jobs for immigrants: Merging lane to employment or dead-end road in welfare?
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2010
We evaluate the effects of the most frequently used German welfare-to-work program on the employment chances of immigrant welfare recipients. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between immigrants and natives and what might cause these potential differences. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300378
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Trend and cycle features in German residential investment before and after reunification
Knetsch, Thomas A. - 2010
Real residential investment in Germany is found to be cointegrated with population, real national income per capita and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300393