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Global sourcing, firm size and export survival

Bandick, Roger - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 14 (2020) 2020-18, pp. 1-29

This paper investigates how firm size and global sourcing affect the export surviving probabilities. By using data on export and import transactions disaggregated by destination/origin for the entire Danish manufacturing firms between the period 1995-2006, the author is able to classify the...

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Size-dependent gender gaps in entrepreneurship: The case of Chile

Cuberes, David; Teignier, Marc - In: Latin American Economic Review 31 (2022) 1, pp. 1-19

This paper documents differences in firm size depending on whether their manager is a man or a woman and studies the aggregate implications of these gender gaps in Chile. We document that in 2007 less than a quarter of firms are managed by women and that this gap takes its largest value for...

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A study of price evolution in online toy market

Yang, Zhenlin; Gan, Lydia; Tang, Fang-Fang - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-28, pp. 1-29

We study and contrast pricing and price evolution of online only (Dotcom) and online branch of multi-channel retailers (OBMCRs) based on two panel data sets collected from online toy markets. Panel data regression analyses reveal several interesting empirical results: over time, OBMCRs and...

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Das Sub-Prime-Virus: Ursachen und Folgen der Finanzkrise

Pfingsten, Andreas - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 78 (2009) 1, pp. 14-24

Ausgehend von problematischen Immobilien-Finanzierungen in den USA hat sich vor allem mittels Verbriefungsstrukturen …

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Lohnstückkosten im internationalen Vergleich: Kostenwettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Industrie in Zeiten multipler Krisen

Schröder, Christoph - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 49 (2022) 3, pp. 45-66

-Vergleichs und um 8 Prozent höher als im Euro-Ausland. Die hierzulande überdurchschnittlich hohe Produktivität der Industrie reichte … Lohnstückkostenposition der deutschen Industrie von unterschiedlichen Entwicklungen geprägt. Nach den enormen Verschlechterungen in den 1990er … Lohnstückkosten der deutschen Industrie gegenüber dem ersten Halbjahr 2021 indes wieder um fast 5 Prozent an, während sie im Euro …

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Lohnstückkosten im internationalen Vergleich: Starke Belastung der deutschen Industrie seit 2018

Schröder, Christoph - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 48 (2021) 2, pp. 85-104

Lohnstückkostenposition der deutschen Industrie von ganz unterschiedlichen Entwicklungen geprägt. Nach den starken Verschlechterungen in den … Dekarbonisierung stehen in der deutschen Industrie hohe Investitionen an. Um diese finanzieren zu können und um die Beschäftigung zu …

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Good workers for good jobs: Improving education and workforce systems in the US

Holzer, Harry J. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-19

Stagnant earnings and growing inequality in the US labor market reflect both a slowdown in the growth of worker skills and the growing matching of good-paying jobs to skilled workers. Improving the ties between colleges, workforce institutions, and employers would help more workers gain the...

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Immigrants and gender roles: Assimilation vs. culture

Blau, Francine - In: IZA Journal of Migration 4 (2015), pp. 1-21

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women's behavior in the United States-looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply...

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Is the labor market vulnerability of less-educated men really about job competition? New insights from the United States

Gesthuizen, Maurice; Solga, Heike - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 47 (2014) 3, pp. 205-221

There are various reasons why less-educated men have higher risks of labor market vulnerability - risks such as being unemployed or, if employed, having only low socioeconomic status. The commonly used argument is that these higher risks result from increased job competition caused by an...

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Immigration and Job Disamenities

Giuntella, Osea - In: CESifo DICE Report 12 (2014) 2, pp. 20-26

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