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The workforce composition of young firms and product innovation: Complementarities in the skills of founders and their early employees
Müller, Bettina; Murmann, Martin - 2016
We investigate the extent to which complementarities between technical and business skills of founders and employees … complementarities between technical and business skills within the group of founders, but that there are significant complementarities … between technically trained founders and employees who have business skills. This suggests that the innovation potential of …
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Skills, job application strategies, and the gender wage gap: Evidence from online freelancing
Teutloff, Ole; Stenzhorn, Eliza; Kässi, Otto - 2025
This paper examines how worker skills and job application behavior contribute to the gender wage gap on a major online …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015338542
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Die Anatomie des Berufswechsels: Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme auf Basis der BIBB/IAB-Daten 1998/1999
Spitz, Alexandra; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2004
Unter dem Stichwort "Patchwork-Biografien" wird die Tatsache, dass ein großer Teil der abhängig Beschäftigten ihren erlernten Beruf nicht mehr ausüben, in jüngster Zeit viel diskutiert. Diese Studie liefert einen empirischen Beitrag zur Anatomie der Berufswechsel für westdeutsche Männer...
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Vocational Training and Gender: Wages and Occupational Mobility among young Workers
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kunze, Astrid - 2005
This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and occupational mobility. We use longitudinal data for young workers with apprenticeship training in West Germany. Workers make occupational career choices early during their careers and...
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Wage and Productivity Effect of Continuing Training in Germany: A Sectoral Analysis
Kuckulenz, Anja - 2006
Wage and productivity effects of training are compared to study how the training rent is shared between employers and employees. With panel data from 1996-2002, I analyse the impact of continuing training on wages and productivity in a Cobb-Douglas production framework. Using system GMM...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297533
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Die Entscheidung über betriebliche Weiterbildungsinvestitionen: Eine empirische Analyse mit dem Mannheimer Innovationspanel
Kuckulenz, Anja; Meyer, Jenny - 2006
Mit den Daten des Mannheimer Innovationspanels wird für die Jahre 1999 bis 2002 untersucht, welche Faktoren die zweistufige betriebliche Weiterbildungsentscheidung determinieren. Eine Probit-Schätzung zeigt, dass im ersten Schritt die Belegschaftsstruktur, die Betriebsgröße, die...
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The Returns to Continuous Training in Germany: New Evidence from Propensity Score Matching Estimators
Muehler, Grit; Beckmann, Michael; Schauenberg, Bernd - 2007
The present paper examines the wage effects of continuous training programs using individual-level data from the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP). In order to account for selectivity in training participation we estimate average treatment effects (ATE and ATT) of general and firm-specific...
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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...
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Variation of learning intensity in late adolescence and the impact on noncognitive skills
Büttner, Bettina; Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2011
Despite the interdependence between cognitive and noncognitive skills, empirical studies have shown a longer period of … types of these skills. The results show no influence on the acquisition of noncognitive skills, indicating that personality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304325
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When the minimum wage really bites hard: Impact on top earners and skill supply
Gregory, Terry; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2020
bite was particularly pronounced. There, the minimum wage lowered both returns to skills and skill supply. We propose a …
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