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We analyze the offshorability of jobs using the German Qualifications and Career Survey. The paper differentiates between outsourcing potential and international tradability and systematically uses a large set of potential determinants of organizational and spatial relocation derived from the...
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This paper analyses the potentials of jobs to be offshored or outsourced. We use four waves of the BIBB/BAuA Survey on Qualification and Working Conditions in Germany and employ a large set of potential determinants of offshoring and outsourcing derived from the literature. Applying the...
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We analyze the offshorability of jobs using the German Qualifications and Career Survey. The paper differentiates between outsourcing potential and international tradability and systematically uses a large set of potential determinants of organizational and spatial relocation derived from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343756
acquisitions to account for a general takeover effect. The study is based on new high-quality panel data for manufacturing …
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Only recently have the aspects of pollution and environmental protection entered into the empirical literature about international firm activities. The present paper is the first firmlevel study on the link between foreign ownership and environmental protection in Germany. We find that, ceteris...
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simultaneity issues, using newly created panel data for German manufacturing firms. Germany is an ideal case for testing the …
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The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to attribute this in particular to labour market re-forms and socio-economic change. However, it becomes clear upon closer inspection that macro trends alone cannot provide...
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We revisit the concept of Diversified Quality Production (DQP), which we introduced about thirty years ago. Our purpose is to examine the extent to which the concept can still be considered tenable for describing and explaining the development of the interaction between the political economy and...
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study that started two years ago: the KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer – Manufacturing Industry Edition. The aim is to shed light on … recent developments in the German manufacturing industry that are driven by European climate and energy regulations and the … German energy transition in particular. The study is based on a survey among German manufacturing firms. The results are …
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