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Why do firms recruit internationally? : Results from the IZA international employer survey 2000
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2001
The paper studies the demand for foreign graduates at the firm level. Using a unique dataset on recruitment policies of firms in four European countries, the determinants of demand for internationally mobile high-skilled employees are established. I investigate the number, origin, skills, and...
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Do firms really share rents with their workers?
Margolis, David N.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2001
We use matched firm-worker panel data from France and Norway to consider observationally equivalent alternatives to the hypothesis that firms share product market rents with their workers in the form of higher wages. After documenting the main stylized facts, we find that neither the main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001613803
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The matching efficiency of regional labour markets : a stochastic production frontier estimation, France 1990 - 1995
Ibourk, Aomar (contributor) - 2001
We evaluate the determinants of matching efficiency changes through a stochastic Cobb- Douglas production frontier model extended to allow the efficiency coefficient to depend on variables meant to capture workers and firms characteristics. We apply this methodology to examine regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001623742
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Triumph of the optimists : 101 years of global investment returns
Dimson, Elroy; Marsh, Paul; Staunton, Mike - 2002 - 1. ed.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001635057
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Does fertility respond to financial incentives?
Laroque, Guy (contributor); Salanié, Bernard (contributor) - 2008
There has been little empirical work evaluating the sensitivity of fertility to financial incentives at the household level. We put forward an identification strategy that relies on the fact that variation of wages induces variation in benefits and tax credits among "comparable households. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003735416
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Distribution and growth in France and Germany : single equation estimations and model simulations based on the Bhaduri/Marglin-model
Hein, Eckhard; Dräger, Lena - 2007
In dem Aufsatz wird der Zusammenhang zwischen funktionaler Einkommensverteilung und Wirtschaftswachstum in Frankreich … Einzelgleichungsschätzungen folgt, dass das Wachstum in Frankreich und Deutschland lohngetrieben war. Durch den Simulationsansatz wird dieses … Frankreich war, scheinen die quantitativen Effekte in den Modellsimulationen zu konvergieren. …
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Soft governance in hard politics : European coordination of anti-poverty policies in France and Germany
Kröger, Sandra - 2008 - 1. ed.
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Access to finance and venture capital for industrial SMEs
Heimer, Thomas (contributor); Hölscher, Luise (contributor) - 2008
SMEs play a crucial role for European economies. The numbers show the high importance of SMEs for national economies. Accordingly, it is no surprise that the regulatory framework SMEs are imbedded in is the subject of an important political discussion. In the discussion it is frequently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003750325
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Valuation of privatization in Europe by experts and stakeholders : results of explorative surveys and interviews ; EU-supported project understanding privatization policy: politica...
Nerb, Gernot; Schönherr, Siegfried; Schroeder, Bennet - 2008
This EU supported Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) had been conducted by a European Consortium composed of eight research institutions. Ifo's part within this larger programme was (a) to analyse the fiscal effects of privatization and (b) to assess the valuation of privatization...
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