By international comparison the productivity development of the overall economy in Germany has taken a serious hit after the reunification boom. Since then Germany has fallen behind not only in comparison to the USA and emerging-market nations like South Korea, but also in comparison to other EU...

Deutsche multinationale Unternehmen sind im Durchschnitt weniger forschungsintensiv als Unternehmen in den USA, Japan und einigen nordeuropäischen Ländern. Der entscheidende Grund dafür ist, dass sie weniger in den besonders forschungsintensiven Sektoren der Spitzentechnologie und den...

This paper investigates wage assimilation of foreign-born male workers in Britain over the period 1993 to 2009. Using Labour Force Survey data, the paper employs a methodology (Blinder-Oaxaca quantile regressions) to decompose the immigrant-native wage differential at the mean and across the...

This note describes a simple technique of decomposing total impact multipliers derived from input-output analysis. The approach uses a generalised supply and use table framework, explicitly distinguishing between industries and products. Contributions to total impact multipliers can be shown by...