A number of recent studies and evidence for the existence of a persistent performance gap between multinational enterprises (MNE) and their domestic competitors. Therefore, the question arises whether successful firms become MNEs or whether going abroad improves home market performance. This...

A number of recent studies and evidence for the existence of a persistent performance gap between multinational enterprises (MNE) and their domestic competitors. Therefore, the question arises whether successful firms become MNEs or whether going abroad improves home market performance. This...

Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...

A number of recent studies nd evidence for the existence of a persistent performance gap between multinational enterprises (MNE) and their domestic competitors. Therefore, the question arises whether successful rms become MNEs or whether going abroad improves home market performance. This paper...

Ausländischen Direktinvestitionen deutscher Unternehmen und deren Auswirkungen auf den heimischen Arbeitsmarkt wird in der Öffentlichkeit und Politik erhebliche Aufmerksamkeit zuteil. Angesichts vorschneller Urteile im öffentlichen Diskurs versucht dieser Artikel auf Grundlage der...

Im Zeitraum Januar 2006 bis April 2008 führte die Stadt Wiesbaden das Arbeitsmarktprojekt »Die ›Alltags-Engel‹ – Zeitarbeit in haushaltsnahen Dienstleistungen« in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Personaldienstleistungsunternehmen Randstad Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG durch. Die Teilnehmer/innen –...

This paper investigates the effects of health on wages by controlling for a number of problems: first, the unobservable genetic endowment may cause an omitted variable bias; second, using a self-reported health variable could induce measurement error; third, the issue of reverse causality...

Using data on German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper analyzes determinants ofinternational location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces strongly attract German but not necessarily Swedish MNEs....

Im Zeitraum Januar 2006 bis April 2008 führte die Stadt Wiesbaden das Arbeitsmarktprojekt "Die Alltags-Engel - Zeitarbeit in haushaltsnahen Dienstleistungen" in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Personaldienstleistungsunternehmen Randstad Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG durch. Die Teilnehmer/innen - angestrebt...