IWH Industry Survey January 2002 : Business climate in East German industry
Bärbel Laschke
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 2,
2002
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Annual IWH Construction Industry Survey 2002: Decline in East German
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 2,
2002
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IWH Construction Industry Survey December 2001: Companies skepticism remains high
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 1,
2002
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Supraregional sales markets: Development chances for companies in the East German manufacturing sector
Brigitte Loose, Udo Ludwig
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 16,
2001
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In this paper the export activities of the East German manufacturing industry are studied where exports are defined in a broad sense including both sales abroad and in West Germany. Survey data for 1998 and 1999 are used to reveal the relationship between technical as well as institutional characteristics of the companies and their exports. The following questions are discussed: Which companies participate in the export activities? What are the main regions of their business? Which in-house factors influence the export activities? What are the financial outcomes for the companies engaged in exports? Hypotheses are built on the basis of the market transaction costs theory. Bivariate and multivariate approaches are applied. The data are taken from the “Establishment Panel” of the Institute for Employment Research at the Federal Employment Services (IAB) in Nuremberg (Germany).
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IWH Industry Survey November 2001: Decline in East German industry worsens
Bärbel Laschke
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 16,
2001
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Überregionale Absatztätigkeit der ostdeutschen Industrie– eine empirische Analyse anhand der Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels –
Brigitte Loose, Udo Ludwig
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 153,
2001
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In diesem Aufsatz wird die Exportorientierung der Betriebe des ostdeutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbes in einer erweiterten Fassung analysiert, die neben dem Ausland auch das frühere Bundesgebiet als Absatzmarkt einschließt. Gegenstand der bivariaten und multivariaten Untersuchung sind die Zusammenhänge zwischen verschiedenen technischen und institutionellen Merkmalen der Betriebe und ihrem überregionalen Absatzengagement. Ausgangspunkt der Thesenbildung sind die unterschiedlich hohen Transaktionskosten auf den Märkten in Deutschland und außerhalb. Als Datenbasis dienen die Arbeitgeberbefragungen im IAB-Betriebspanel von 1999 und 2000.
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East German construction industry in October 2001: Downtrend has not accelerated so far
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 15,
2001
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IWH Industry Survey September 2001: East German industry fully hit by worldwide economic slowdown
Bärbel Laschke
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 13,
2001
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IWH Construction Industry Survey August 2001: East German Construction
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 12,
2001
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Measures to improve the employment prospect of welfare recipients – the view of the participients
Cornelia Lang
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 12,
2001
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The results of measures to improve the employment prospects of welfare recipients are rather discouraging with respect to their core intention; many participants transit after the measure again into unemployment. Still (nevertheless) the majority of former participants surveyed by the IWH report a subjective evaluation, because the measure helped them to readjust to the daily routine of work. For many participants the ending of isolation and their regain of (improvement) of their selfesteem and self-confidence was important.
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