Over recent decades some Latin American countries have experienced an important development due to the positive effect of tourism on the services sector. Our model relates tourism with the increase of Value-Added in services, taking into account other important variables which influence the...

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...

The article examines industrial and services firms’ direct energy costs as a proportion of their turnover in 2019, differentiating by fuel type (electricity, natural gas and other fuels) and by firm size and economic sector. The analysis shows that the proportional expenditure on different...

We live in a service economy, but the extent of development of service employment differs across developed countries. This paper assesses the role of structural factors and institutions in explaining the common patterns and main differences in the recent expansion of service employment in OECD...

Seit 2005 werden die Ergebnisse des ifo Konjunkturtests Dienstleistungen monatlich veröffentlicht. Dieser Sektor ist ein sehr heterogener Bereich, und eine differenzierte Betrachtung nach unterschiedlichen wirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten kann die Qualität der vom ifo Institut erhobenen Daten...

Mit der Umstellung der Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen der Länder auf die neue Wirtschaftszweigklassifikation Ausgabe 2008 (WZ 2008) wurde die Untergliederung des Dienstleistungssektors verfeinert. Der Artikel ist eine erste Annäherung, Wachstumstreiber innerhalb des sächsischen Dienst...

Am 26. Oktober 2011 fand der diesjährige ifo Branchen-Dialog statt. Wie üblich folgten auf Ausführungen zur allgemeinen wirtschaftlichen Lage und den Pers­pektiven für das nächste Jahr vier Foren: zur Industrie, zum Handel, zur Bauwirtschaft und zu den Dienstleistungen. Den Abschluss...