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The KfW/ZEW start-up panel: design and research potential

Fryges, Helmut; Gottschalk, Sandra; Kohn, Karsten - 2009

So far, there has been no data set which observes firm formations in Germany not only on a cross-sectional basis using … Bankengruppe and Creditreform set up a panel study of newly founded firms in Germany: the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel. In each of the …

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One-third codetermination at company supervisory boards and firm performance in German manufacturing industries: first direct evidence from a new type of enterprise data

Wagner, Joachim - 2009

This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the co-determination firm performance nexus by using a new type of data that combines information on the co-determination status of enterprises from a commercial data base and supplementary information collected from the firms with...

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Dialects, cultural identity, and economic exchange

Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Lameli, Alfred; … - 2010

We investigate whether time-persistent cultural borders impede economic exchange across regions of the same country. To measure cultural differences we evaluate, for the first time in economics, linguistic micro-data about phonological and grammatical features of German dialects. These data are...

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Effect of labor division between wife and husband on the risk of divorce: evidence from German data

Kraft, Kornelius; Neimann, Stefanie - 2009

Using German panel data from 1984 to 2007, we analyze the impact of labor division between husband and wife on the risk of divorce. Gary Becker's theory of marriage predicts that specialization in domestic and market work, respectively, reduces the risk of separation. Traditionally, the...

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Does size matter? The impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010

In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly …

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What's the difference?! Gender, personality, and the propensity to start a business

Furdas, Marina; Kohn, Karsten - 2010

Women start fewer businesses than men. The start-up rate among women in Germany falls short of males' start-up rate by …-scale population survey on start-up activity in Germany. As a unique feature, the data combine socio-demographic characteristics …

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Employer preferences and social policy: Business and the development of job security regulations in Germany since World War I

Emmenegger, Patrick; Marx, Paul - 2010

This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from …

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New firms - different jobs? An inquiry into the quality of employment in start-ups and incumbents

Koch, Andreas; Späth, Jochen - 2009

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...

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Ein geeigneter wettbewerbsrechtlicher Rahmen für die deutsche Wasserwirtschaft

Oelmann, Mark - 2003

The question non longer is if more competition should be introduced in the German water and sewerage sector. The issue rather is what kind of competition ought to be implemented. There are mainly three different approaches: Competition in the Market; Competition for the Market and the...

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20 years of German unification: evidence on income convergence and heterogeneity

Brück, Tilman; Peters, Heiko - 2009

We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based …, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West Germany over the fifteen years for which data are available. Using a … highest negative income gap. This probably reflects out-migration from East Germany by the young and highly skilled. On the …

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