productivity, the skill mix of the workforce and wages using micro data for the U.S. and Germany. We find support to the idea that … U.S. businesses engage in experimentation in a variety of ways not matched by their German counterparts. In particular … of adopting new technology on productivity and wages is greater the in U.S. than in Germany. …

The paper contributes to the globalization debate by scrutinizing the international spillover effects which are …, it is shown that the impact of country-specific labor market reforms on households in other countries depends on whether … provoked if a single country reduces the generosity of the unemployment compensation system or weakens labor union power. For …