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Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … documents that the positive profitability differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant …. Instead, we use a newly developed continuous treatment approach and show that exporting improves the profitability almost over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269330
and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282402
We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and the East - China and Eastern Europe - in … sector in Germany. We also conduct our analysis at the individual worker level, and find that trade had a stabilizing overall …
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other aspects of firm behaviour. In this paper we consider the impact of minimum wages on firm profitability by exploiting … firm profitability was significantly reduced (and wages significantly raised) by the minimum wage introduction. This … residential care homes, and a second on firms across all sectors). Interestingly, we find no evidence that the profitability …
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According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to leave. We present new empirical evidence for...
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We investigate the relationship between outsourcing and profitability paying particular attention to the endogeneity of …
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This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
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Many developed countries have recently experienced a significant inflow of immigrants in the agricultural sector. At the same time, the sector is still in a process of structural transformation resulting in fewer but bigger and presumably more efficient farms. In this paper, we exploit detailed...
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and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652531
Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … documents that the positive profitability differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant …. Instead, we use a newly developed continuous treatment approach and show that exporting improves the profitability almost over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763866