1. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 1999

    Determinanten der Beschäftigungsdynamik ostdeutscher Unternehmen

    In dieser Studie werden die Determinanten der Beschäftigungsentwicklung in den ostdeutschen Unternehmen des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes im Zeitraum von Anfang 1992 bis Mitte 1996 untersucht. Sowohl von der Größe als…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 99-63 // 1999

    Product Market Competition, Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: An Empirical Analysis for Germany

    Productivity growth has been slow in many continental European countries overthe last few decades, especially in comparison with the United States. It has been argued thatlack of product market competition and…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 99-61 // 1999

    Modeling German Unification in a Disequilibrium Framework

    Unification fundamentally changed the terms of quantitative macroeconomic analysis for Germany. Two main areas concerned are data availability for the eastern part of Germany and structural changes within the…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 99-59 // 1999

    Technological Innovations and the Expected Demand for Skilled Labour at the Firm Level

    AbstractThis paper analyses the link between technological product and processes innovations and expectations about future employment for different types of labour in manufacturing. The empirical model allows…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 99-57 // 1999

    Der Flächentarifvertrag: Eine kritische Würdigung aus ökonomischer Sicht

    This paper examines critically the system of industry-level wage bargaining in Germany. More specifically, it shows that the importance of industry-level wage bargaining declines in Germany and that one major…