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Product Market Competition and Employer Provided Training in Germany

Heywood, John S. - 2017

Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training except when the competition is so severe as to threaten...

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Offshoring, Wages and Job Security of Temporary Workers

Görg, Holger - 2012

We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular attention to the question of whether workers on temporary contracts are affected differently than workers on permanent contracts. Data are taken from the German Socio-Economic...

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A Note on the Determinants and Consequences of Outsourcing Using German Data

Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Pahnke, Andre; … - 2021

Using German data from the Institute for Employment Research Establishment Panel, this paper constructs two main measures of outsourcing and examines their determinants and consequences for employment. There are some commonalities in the correlates of the two measures of outsourcing, as well as...

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Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in Services : Direct Evidence from a Firm Survey

Radowski, Daniel - 2009

The paper uses a new German employer survey on wage setting practices to analyze incidence and sources of nominal wage rigidity in services vs. manufacturing. We observe that wage freezes are significantly more frequent and wage cuts less frequent in services. Reasons preventing wage cuts...

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Labour Productivity in Kenyan Manufacturing and Service Industries

Heshmati, Almas - 2016

Labour productivity reflects a firm's ability to generate higher production or value-added. This paper analyses labour productivity and its determinants in the manufacturing and service sectors in Kenya. As the largest economy in East Africa, it is crucial for Kenya to have high labour...

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Whatever Works : Dualisation and the Service Economy in Bismarckian Welfare States

Eichhorst, Werner - 2010

non-standard work. In Germany (and to a lesser extent Austria), marginal part-time provides a fertile ground for low …

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Minimum Wages as a Barrier to Entry : Evidence from Germany

Bachmann, Ronald - 2012

in industries and regions with low barriers to entry. This is particularly the case in East Germany, where the perceived …

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From the Dual Apprenticeship System to a Dual Labor Market? The German High-Skill Equilibrium and the Service Economy

Eichhorst, Werner - 2009

Different models of protection against labor market risks are associated with diverging models of economic performance. Historically established institutional complementarities between labor market regulation, unemployment protection, and vocational training tend to mirror specific national...

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Trade and Manufacturing Jobs in Germany

Dauth, Wolfgang - 2017

manufacturing decline in Germany. It even retained those jobs in the economy …

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Foreign Competition and Executive Compensation in the Manufacturing Industry : A Comparison between Germany and the U.S

Dyballa, Katharina - 2018

impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S. and (3 … covering the period from 1984-2010 for Germany respectively 1992-2011 for the U.S. and apply system GMM in order to solve … Germany. A differentiation between imported intermediates (efficient sourcing strategy) and final inputs (competition) reveals …

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