Das neue Emissionsreduktionziel der EU von 55 Prozent gegenüber 1990 erfordert den Hochlauf von umfassenden, kostspieligen Technologieinvestitionen zur Dekarbonisierung der Industrie. Gleichzeitig unterliegen erst knapp 20 Prozent der weltweiten Emissionen einer direkten CO2-Bepreisung (World...

This paper explores the impact of digital technologies on the nature and routine intensity of shopfloor work, the ways in which digital technologies exert their effects and the factors moderating the outcomes of digitalisation in respect of work. The effect of technology cannot be limited to a...

Das neue Emissionsreduktionziel der EU von 55 Prozent gegenüber 1990 erfordert den Hochlauf von umfassenden, kostspieligen Technologieinvestitionen zur Dekarbonisierung der Industrie. Gleichzeitig unterliegen erst knapp 20 Prozent der weltweiten Emissionen einer direkten CO2-Bepreisung (World...

Capitalising on the productivity decomposition proposed by Olley and Pakes (1996), we analyse the role of financial factors behind the relatively muted post-crisis rebound in productivity compared to previous upturns in Europe. Firstly, we provide an OLS-consistent framework to decompose...

Das deutsche Verarbeitende Gewerbe hat im internationalen Vergleich ein hohes Lohnstückkostenniveau. Im Durchschnitt waren die deutschen Lohnstückkosten im Jahr 2020 um 22 Prozent höher als in den 27 Vergleichsländern. Der Kostennachteil Deutschlands gegenüber dem Euro-Ausland (Euroraum...

Generating decent employment is key to the creation of a new social contract and social cohesion in Sub-Saharan Africa. The crucial question is, thus, how can more decent jobs be created? Much of the extant research has focused on the role of states and businesses in shaping employment...

Das deutsche Verarbeitende Gewerbe hat im internationalen Vergleich ein hohes Lohnstückkostenniveau. Im Durchschnitt waren die deutschen Lohnstückkosten im Jahr 2020 um 22 Prozent höher als in den 27 Vergleichsländern. Der Kostennachteil Deutschlands gegenüber dem Euro-Ausland (Euroraum...

Neben Branchenprognosen zu den einzelnen Wirtschaftssektoren stand beim 19. ifo Branchen-Dialog im Industrieforum die Frage nach der Notwendigkeit einer aktiveren Industriepolitik in Deutschland im Mittelpunkt. Im Handelsforum lag der Fokus auf dem Thema digitale Marktplätze und Plattformen....

Die Corona-Krise hat die konjunkturelle Zweiteilung zwischen der Industrie und dem Dienstleistungsbereich beendet. Während sich die deutsche Industrie bereits seit Anfang 2018 in einer Rezession befand, zeigten sich die stärker binnenwirtschaftlich orientierten Bereiche sowie der Arbeitsmarkt...

Die Corona-Pandemie hat rund um den Globus zu einem starken Konjunktureinbruch geführt. Die Weltwirtschaft wird die stärkste Schrumpfung in den letzten sieben Dekaden erfahren. Für eine exportorientierte Volkswirtschaft wie die deutsche bedeutet dies einen starken Rückgang der...

Der Beitrag setzt sich kritisch mit dem Argument auseinander, dass in Folge der Digitalisierung der Fertigung eine Rückverlagerung („Reshoring“) industrieller Kapazitäten in Hochlohnländer bevorstehe. Zwar gibt es schon seit Längerem durchaus Trends zu einer stärkeren geografischen...

The manufacturing sector accounts for a substantial share of German GDP, employment and carbon emissions. Therefore, the manufacturing sector's energy use and carbon emissions are of crucial importance for reaching Germany's climate goals. In this paper, we analyse energy use patterns in German...

This article has considered the effect of development aid and remittances inflows on wages in the manufacturing sector of the recipient-economies. The empirical analysis has used a sample of 95 countries over the period 1963-2016, and on the two-step system Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM)....

We study the importance of intangible capital (R&D, software, patents) for the measurement of productivity using firm-level panel data from German manufacturing. We first document a number of facts on the evolution of intangible investment over time, and its distribution across firms. Aggregate...

We examine the determinants of product, process, and organizational innovation, and their impact on firm labor productivity using data from a unique innovation survey of firms in Pakistan. We find significant heterogeneity in the impact of different innovations on labor productivity:...

The paper analysed factors that has the most impact in influencing the achievement of a sustainable process management model in the implementation of Industry 4.0 concepts within the Czech SME manufacturing sector. Several factors were identified and their interactions with digital technologies...

This study explores both the individual impact of geographical diversification and its effect combined with product diversification on small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) performance. Unlike most prior studies, this study distinguishes between related and unrelated product...

This document contributes to the scarce empirical literature on the role of services as a source of manufacturing competitiveness in developing economies, providing evidence on the Latin American region. The 2018 release of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s...

In this study, we examine the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in global value chains (GVCs) and highlight the role of financial constraints in shaping their participation in GVCs. We use a rich unbalanced panel of 888 SMEs for Indian manufacturing over the period...

This paper examines the trade participation of Bangladesh's manufacturing firms using a three-year panel. It distinguishes between extensive and intensive margin effects using a Heckman sample selection model. Particular attention is paid to the role of imported intermediates and inward foreign...

Oil is used as an essential source of energy because it is one of the significant inputs of production especially in manufacturing sectors. This study employs symmetric and asymmetric Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model to explore oil price effect on manufacturing output over 1985-2017 in Saudi...

This study examines the mediating role of global economic crises (GECs) in the effect of growth strategies on Nigerian manufacturing firms' performance. The study used secondary data for the period between 2000 and 2017 in its analysis. Therefore, an expost facto research design was used in the...

This paper explores the potential spatial diversification of manufactured goods' exports in Saudi Arabia. To account for the spatial interactions of Saudi's manufactured goods' exports, we use a panel Spatial Autoregressive (SAR) model for 77 trade partners over the period 2000-2016. The...

The Kaldor-Verdoorn law refers to a positive but less than one-for-one relationship between the growth rates of output and labor productivity, with causality running from the former to the latter. Empirical research has affirmed such a relationship and have found that the Kaldor-Verdoorn...