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German Works Councils in the Production Process
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2021
In a sharp break with past German research, some recent estimates have suggested that plants with work councils have 25 to 30 per cent higher productivity than their works-councilfree counterparts. Such findings can only serve to buttress the strong theoretical and policy interest in the German...
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Personal and Regional Determinants of Entrepreneurial Activities : Empirical Evidence from the Rem Germany
Wagner, Joachim; Sternberg, Rolf - 2021
This paper contributes to empirical research in entrepreneurship by focusing on the link between two stylized facts that emerged from a number of studies for Germany and other countries: Entry rates differ between regions, and the propensity to become an entrepreneur is influenced by...
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What a difference a y makes : female and male nascent entrepreneurs in Germany
Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …-productivity profiles, which are consistent with human capital theory, and adds a new finding of a rather negative effect of age on firms … and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …
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What a difference a Y makes-female and male nascent entrepreneurs in Germany
Wagner, Joachim - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 28 (2007) 1, pp. 1-21
In western industrialized countries men are on average more than twice as active in entrepreneurship as women. Based on data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper uses an empirical model for the decision to become self-employed to test for differences...
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Age and gender composition of the workforce, productivity and profits : evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012 - This version: 15.2.2012
and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …-productivity profiles, which are consistent with human capital theory, and adds a new finding of a rather negative effect of age on firms … ; gender ; productivity ; profitability ; Germany …
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Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce, Productivity and Profits : Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian - 2012
and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …-productivity profiles, which are consistent with human capital theory, and adds a new finding of a rather negative effect of age on firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109440
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Is Innovative Firm Behavior Correlated with Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce? Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian - 2012
on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096452
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Age and Gender Effects of Workforce Composition on Productivity and Profits : Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian - 2014
age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054259
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What a Difference a Y Makes : Female and Male Nascent Entrepreneurs in Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2021
attitudes but the small difference is used to investigate the difference in the propensity to become self-employed by gender. A … to be a reason not to start one's own business is important for the explanation of the gender gap in entrepreneurship …
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