Until its liberalisation in 1994 exclusive agents dominated the distribution of products in the German life insurance industry. Since then, their importance has been declining for the benefit of both distribution via direct distribution channel and independent agents. However, the market shares...

In dieser Arbeit werden Personalstammdaten eines großen Unternehmens des verarbeitenden Gewerbes genutzt, in der die Belegschaft in Arbeiter, technische und kaufmännische Angestellte untergliedert ist. Im Sinne von Doeringer und Piore (1971) kann gezeigt werden, dass der interne Arbeitsmarkt...

This paper analyzes the distribution of technical efficiency within manufacturing industries. Using a representative sample of 35,000 firms in 255 industries of the German cost structure census, technical efficiencies are estimated by applying a deterministic frontier production function with...

This paper investigates the sources of total factor productivity growth in the German manufacturing sector, 1981-1998. Decomposition formulae for aggregate productivity growth are used to identify the effects of structural change and entry-exit on aggregate productivity growth. Documented is a...