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Demographic change and industry-specific innovation patterns in Germany
Henseke, Golo; Tivig, Thusnelda - 2007
sustain the innovation process that is at the basis of our prosperity. In this paper we deal with the age distributions of … among inventors. Additionally, we advance the new hypothesis that any age-bias in innovation activity should show up as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319268
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Demographic change and industry-specific innovation patterns in Germany
Henseke, Golo; Tivig, Thusnelda - 2007
sustain the innovation process that is at the basis of our prosperity. In this paper we deal with the age distributions of … among inventors. Additionally, we advance the new hypothesis that any age-bias in innovation activity should show up as … is industry specific. We test this hypothesis with European patent data for Germany. -- innovation ; patents ; age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003884618
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International Outsourcing, the Nature of Tasks, and Occupational Stability – Empirical Evidence for Germany
Baumgarten, Daniel - 2009
Using a large administrative data set of individual employment histories in Germany, this paper studies how international outsourcing affects the individual risk of leaving the occupation. Moreover, a rich data set on tasks performed in occupations is used to better characterize the sources of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265778
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Skill-biased technological change in Denmark : a disaggregate perspective
Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Skaksen, Jan Rose - 2003
In this paper, we provide an industry-level analysis of skill-biased technological change (SBTC) in Denmark over the last two decades. The analysis shows that SBTC has varied considerably across industries, and traditionally large Danish industries have experienced relatively less SBTC. This may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275781
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Transitions to entrepreneurship and industry-specific barriers
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy; Parker, Simon C. - 2011
Drivers of entrepreneurial entry are investigated in this study by examining how entry into small-business ownership is shaped by industry-specific constraints. The human- and financial-capital endowments of potential entrepreneurs entering firms in various industries are shown to differ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282246
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Dismissal protection and worker flows in OECD countries: Evidence from cross-country/cross-industry data
Bassanini, Andrea; Garnero, Andrea - 2012
Exploiting a unique dataset including cross-country comparable hiring and separation rates by type of transition for 24 OECD countries, 23 business-sector industries and 13 years, we study the effect of dismissal regulations on different types of gross worker flows, defined as one-year...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282637
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Trade liberalization, democratization and technology adoption
Cervellati, Matteo; Naghavi, Alireza; Toubal, Farid - 2013
We study the role of trade liberalization, democratization and their interaction for technology adoption. A general equilibrium theory with heterogeneous skills predicts a complementarity between trade and political regimes. Openness should accelerate technology adoption if coupled with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291465
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Labor market polarization over the business cycle
Foote, Christopher L.; Ryan, Richard W. - 2014 - This version: December 26, 2014
One of the most important long-run trends in the U.S. labor market is polarization, defined as the relative growth of employment in high-skill jobs (such as management and technical positions) and low-skill jobs (such as food-service and janitorial work) amid the concurrent decline in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493670
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International outsourcing, the nature of tasks, and occupational stability : empirical evidence for Germany
Baumgarten, Daniel - 2009
Using a large administrative data set of individual employment histories in Germany, this paper studies how international outsourcing affects the individual risk of leaving the occupation. Moreover, a rich data set on tasks performed in occupations is used to better characterize the sources of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003841612
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Sector-specific productivity shocks in a matching model
Wesselbaum, Dennis - 2010
Shocks driving the business cycle have different effects on low-skilled and high-skilled workers. This paper studies the effects of temporary and permanent sector-specific shocks in a New Keynesian matching model. We show that temporary sector-specific shocks have reallaction and aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932599