In this paper, we zoom in on the firm level of German merchandise foreign trade, using a novel data base with information on the export and import value by firm, country, product and year for the period 2011-2019. Problems arising from the consolidated reporting of taxable entities and the...

In this paper, we zoom in on the firm level of German merchandise foreign trade, using a novel data base with information on the export and import value by firm, country, product and year for the period 2011-2019. Problems arising from the consolidated reporting of taxable entities and the...

Das ifo-Institut hat kürzlich eine umfangreiche Untersuchung über den strukturellen Wandel im Handel der alten Bundesländer abgeschlossen. 1988 operierten auf der Großhandelsstufe fast 65.000 Handelsvermittlungsunternehmen mit einem Gesamtumsatz von knapp 31 Mrd. DM. Von 1980 bis 1988 hat...

The present contribution addresses the question whether and how qualitative aspects of employmentlike weekly hours of work, wages or qualificationdiffer between new and established firms. Although a wide strand of literature in entrepreneurship research analyses the employment effects of...

Using a large German linked employer-employee data set and methods of competing risks analysis, this paper investigates gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower job-to-job and higher job-to-nonemployment...