Innovative East German industrial companies do well in comparison with others - An empirical analysis based on the IAB company panel
Bärbel Laschke
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 9,
2003
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In the period of 1999/2000 the proportion of product renewals in the East German manufacturing was above the West German level. The proportion of industries with innovation activities follows the industrial structure. Most product innovations take place in the proportionately largest branches of industry, such as the consumer goods and food industries. However, the high proportion of innovative enterprises in research-intensive industries (chemistry, electrical engineering, car manufacture) is a sign of a structural change. On the basis of the data it is also shown that innovative enterprises positively stand out from non-innovative ones in their performance parameters and, with their investment and employment trends they also rank among the expanding enterprises.
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Employment in the East German environmental sector - an analysis based on the IAB Company Panel
Walter Komar
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 13,
2001
Abstract
The estimations of environmental employment in this paper are based on an analysis of IAB-Firm-Panel. In 1999 182 000 man were working in production of environmental goods and services. Recording to self-assessment of firms intermediate term environmental employment will increase in environmental services sector, particulary in the field of climate protection.
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The economic situation and development in the East German construction industry – a company specific empirical analysis based on the IWH Construction Industry Surveys and the IAB company panel
Brigitte Loose
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 136,
2001
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Employment and environmental protection in East Germany – Current state and prospects – An analysis based on the IAB company panel
Walter Komar
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 148,
2001
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Employment in Germany´s environmental sector. An empirical analysis based on the IAB company panel
Jens Horbach, Uwe Blien, Michael von Hauff
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 132,
2001
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Determinants of investment intensity in the East German manufacturing sector – An analysis based on the IAB company panel
Bärbel Laschke
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 127,
2000
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Investment in East German manufacturing sector dominated by large-scale enterprises - An empirical IAB Company Panel analysis -
Bärbel Laschke
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 9,
2000
Abstract
Based on the IAB Company Panel, the significance of the different scales of enterprises for the investment intensity in the East German industry was tested. There is a positive correlation. For example the intensity of investment in large-scale enterprises is double what it is in small-scale enterprises.
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East German industry 1998: Increase of operating turnover through development of internal potentials – An empirical IAB Company Panel analysis –
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 3,
2000
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In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird der Differenziertheit der Entwicklung der ostdeutschen Industriebetriebe in der Aufschwungphase 1997/1998 nachgegangen und zugleich Faktoren herauskristallisiert, die Ansatzpunkte zur Erklärung der Unterschiede zwischen den Betrieben liefern können. Als Indikator für die betriebliche Entwicklung wird die Umsatzveränderung 1998 gegenüber 1997 gewählt, die zum Ausdruck bringt, ob die Produkte vom Markt stärker oder weniger stark als im Vorjahr absorbiert wurden. Bi- und multivariate Analysen anhand des IAB-Betriebspanels von 1998 zeigen dann, welche Zusammenhänge zwischen Umsatzentwicklung und verschiedenen Betriebsmerk-malen für das Jahr 1998 bestehen, wobei neben allgemeinen Betriebscharakteristika, wie Größe, Alter, Entstehungsform und Branchenzugehörigkeit, auch solche wichtigen Größen mit einbezogen werden, wie technischer Stand der Anlagen, Innovationen, Managementkompetenz, Lohnbelastung, Marktposition, Inanspruchnahme von Fördermaßnahmen und Wettbewerbsintensität.
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Causes of the growing wage-income gap in the USA: Current aspects in research and the political discussion
Peter Franz
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 65,
1997
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Data sets from OECD countries and especially the US indicate growing inequalities in income and thus stimulate research with respect to this topic. In this paper the basic arguments and results of several studies with an economic and a sociological background are compared and discussed. It concentrates a) on the theory of Kuznets and its modifications, b) on the “technology vs. trade” controversy, and c) on panel studies which allow an analysis of income mobility. Finally the research questions are dealt with if Germany will show similar degrees of income inequality as in the US in the years to come and if the two countries differ in their political tolerance towards income inequality.
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