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Does the internet increase the job finding rate? : evidence from a period of internet expansion

Denzer, Manuel; Schank, Thorsten; Upward, Richard - 2018

We examine the impact of household access to the internet on job finding rates in Germany during a period (2006-2009) in which internet access increased rapidly, and job-seekers increased their use of the internet as a search tool. During this period, household access to the internet was almost...

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Do supplementary jobs for welfare recipients increase the chance of welfare exit? : evidence from Germany

Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten; Schwarz, Stefan - 2021

Welfare recipients in Germany are allowed to take up supplementary jobs while receiving welfare. The possibility of having a supplementary job was introduced to reduce welfare dependency and facilitate successful labor market integration. In the present study, we use the German Panel Study...

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More female manager hires through more female managers? : evidence from Germany

Bossler, Mario; Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten - 2016

This paper investigates if there is state dependence in the gender composition of managers in German establishments. We analyze whether the number of hired female managers (respectively the share of females within hired managers) depends on the past hiring decisions of an establishment. Using...

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Do foreign workers reduce trade barriers? : microeconomic evidence

Andrews, Martyn J.; Schank, Thorsten; Upward, Richard - 2015

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Works councils : sand or grease in the operation of German firms

Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2002

Using a large panel data set we investigate whether works councils act as sand or grease in the operation of German firms. Stochastic production frontier analysis indicates that establishments with and without a works council do not exhibit significant differences in efficiency.

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Do foreign workers reduce trade barriers? : microeconomic evidence

Andrews, Martyn J.; Schank, Thorsten; Upward, Richard - 2015

This paper provides evidence that foreign workers reduce firms' trade costs and thus increase the probability that firms export. This informs both the literature on trade costs and the microeconomic literature on firms' export behaviour. We identify the nationality of each worker in a large...

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Betriebliche Determinanten des Überstundeneinsatzes

Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2004

Auswertungen repräsentativer Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels für Westdeutschland von 1993 bis 1998 zeigen, dass nur zwischen 20 und 30 Prozent aller Betriebe bezahlte Überstunden einsetzten. In diesen Betrieben fielen im Durchschnitt 1,6 bezahlte Überstunden pro abhängig Beschäftigten und...

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German works councils in the production process

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2003

We estimate the effects of works councils on productivity, 1997-2000, using the IAB Establishment Panel, a nationally representative German data set. We recoup the works council effect by estimating translog production functions, stochastic frontier production functions, and a model in first...

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Productivity, investment in ICT and market experimentation : micro evidence from Germany und the US

Haltiwanger, John C.; Jarmin, Ronald S.; Schank, Thorsten - 2003

Kenngrößen wie der Produktivität, der Qualifikationsstruktur und den Löhnen, wobei Mikrodaten für die USA und Deutschland … anhand der Streuung der Produktivität und anderen betrieblichen Entscheidungsvariablen - als in Deutschland. Dies zeigt sich … durchschnittlichen Einfluss der Einführung neuer Technologien auf die Produktivität und die Löhne in den USA als in Deutschland. …

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Skill-biased technological change, international trade and the wage structure

Kölling, Arnd; Schank, Thorsten - 2002

In den letzten beiden Jahrzehnten hat sich die Beschäftigtenstruktur in Deutschland zuungunsten der Un- und Angelernten … Betriebsdaten zusammengefügten Datensatzes, für West-Deutschland (1994-1997) untersucht. Schätzungen der bedingten Arbeitsnachfrage …

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