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The optimal choice of a reference standard for income comparisons: indirect evidence from immigrants' return visits

Stichnoth, Holger - 2009

I propose two new tests of Falk and Knell's (2004)prediction that individuals'reference income increases with ability. To overcome the difficulty that the reference income is not observed in existing large data sets, I extend Falk and Knell's model to establish a link between immigrants'...

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Who Gets the Money? The Dynamics of R&D Project Subsidies in Germany

Aschhoff, Birgit - 2009

This paper looks at which firms receive R&D project grants and how this public support evolves over time by considering in particular firm's previous participation. The question of the allocation of public R&D funding is becoming particularly important when it comes to identifying the effects of...

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German works councils old and new: incidence, coverage and determinants

Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2002

Germany, while at the same time charting the determinants of their presence. Furthermore, we identify newly established works …

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Establishment age and wages: evidence from German linked employer-employee data

Kölling, Arnd; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2002

empirical evidence on this firm age - wage nexus for Germany. We find that older firms pay on average higher wages for workers …-Arbeitnehmer-Datensatzes präsentieren wir erste empirische Ergebnisse für Deutschland zu diesem Zusammenhang. Wir stellen fest, dass innerhalb …

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The reform of the German works constitution act: a critical assessment

Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2002

Seit 1920 hat sich das Mitbestimmungsrecht in Deutschland mehrfach geändert. Die letzte Änderung brachte eine …

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Trade union membership in Eastern and Western Germany: convergence or divergence?

Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003

unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level … of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling … individuals' probability of union membership have converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation …

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Productivity, investment in ICT and market experimentation: micro evidence from Germany und the US

Haltiwanger, John; Jarmin, Ron; Schank, Thorsten - 2003

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 … of adopting new technology on productivity and wages is greater the in U.S. than in Germany. … Kenngrößen wie der Produktivität, der Qualifikationsstruktur und den Löhnen, wobei Mikrodaten für die USA und Deutschland …

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German works councils in the production process

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2003

We estimate the effects of works councils on productivity, 1997-2000, using the IAB Establishment Panel, a nationally representative German data set. We recoup the works council effect by estimating translog production functions, stochastic frontier production functions, and a model in first...

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The course of research into the economic consequences of German works councils

Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2003

In a recent survey, Frege (2002) concludes that economic analysis of the works council has reached a `dead end´. The present treatment offers a different conclusion based on a more encompassing review of the evidence. It will identify three distinct phases in the economic analysis of...

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Higher wages in exporting firms: self-selection, export effect, or both? First evidence from German linked employer-employee data

Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2008

-Arbeitnehmer-Datensatzes für Deutschland verfolgen wir Betriebe, die anfangen zu exportieren, über die Zeit. Wir zeigen, dass der …

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