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Age and productivity: evidence from linked employer employee data
Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2009
of an ageing workforce, this paper measures the impact of changes in the age structure of establishments on productivity …In most Western, industrialised countries the workforce is ageing rapidly. In order to assess the possible consequences … age structure of establishments and their production are likely to be simultaneously determined and apply dynamic GMM …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298792
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Which personnel measures are effective in increasing productivity of old workers?
Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2010
significantly higher in establishments that provide either specific equipment of work places or age-specific jobs for old workers …. In establishments that apply mixed-age working teams the productivity contributions of old and of young employees are … of age-productivity profiles. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302588
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Age and productivity: Sector differences?
Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2011
In most industrialised countries, the workforce is ageing rapidly. If ageing workforces affect sectors differently, the … the age structure of establishments on productivity using representative linked employeremployee panel data. We argue that … establishment age-productivity profiles might differ for various reasons. For example, the importance of physical strength and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306609
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Age and productivity: evidence from linked employer employee data
Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
of an ageing workforce, this paper measures the impact of changes in the age structure of establishments on productivity …In most Western, industrialised countries the workforce is ageing rapidly. In order to assess the possible consequences … age structure of establishments and their production are likely to be simultaneously determined and apply dynamic GMM …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098441
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Age and productivity: Sector differences?
Göbel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
In most industrialised countries, the workforce is ageing rapidly. If ageing workforces affect sectors differently, the … the age structure of establishments on productivity using representative linked employeremployee panel data. We argue that … establishment age-productivity profiles might differ for various reasons. For example, the importance of physical strength and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323189
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Real and monetary challenges to wage policy in Germany at the turn of the millennium: technical progress, globalization and European Monetary Union
Franz, Wolfgang - 1999
At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled- biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297646
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Employment growth in newly established firms: is there evidence for academic entrepreneur's human capital depreciation?
Müller, Kathrin - 2009
Human capital is known to be one of the most important predictors of a person's earnings. With regard to entrepreneurial success, founders' human capital is an important determinant of firm's employment growth as well. This paper investigates if the depreciation of a founder's academic knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299175
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Does IT Outsourcing Increase Firm Success? An Empirical Assessment using Firm-Level Data
Ohnemus, Jörg - 2007
Using German firm-level data, an endogenous switching regression model within a production function framework is estimated in order to explore differences in labor productivity between IT outsourcing and non-IT outsourcing firms. This approach takes possible complementarities between IT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297986
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What drives the vacancy rate for information technology workers?
Falk, Martin - 2001
Deutschland. Datengrundlage ist eine repräsentative telefongestützte (CATI) Umfrage von 4150 Unternehmen für das Jahr 2000. Die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297781
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Evaluating the impact of public start-up assistance: results from an econometric approach
Almus, Matthias - 2001
This paper analyzes the medium-term growth performance of firms that exclusively received start-up assistance from programs administered by the Deutsche Ausgleichsbank (DtA), a state owned bank, within two years after startup. I apply a parametric selection approach that controls for two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297759