We use the prolonged Greek crisis as a case study to understand how a lasting economic shock affects the innovation strategies of firms in economies with moderate innovation activities. Adopting the 3-stage CDM model, we explore the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity for different size groups of Greek manufacturing firms during the prolonged crisis. At the first stage, we find that the ...
According to Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data, inequality in gross monthly earnings in Germany increased significantly between 1993 and 2003 and has been stagnating at a high level since 2008. As this Weekly Report shows, the increase is not being driven by higher hourly wage inequality, but rather by working hours: In recent years, employees with a high hourly wage work more than previously compared ...
The purpose of this study is to identify whether an innovative company’s likelihood of facing financial constraints is different when the company possesses a public procurement contract (PP). Theory suggests that the treatment effects of public procurement, particularly when mediated by the demand-pull effect, may lower a company’s funding constraints for innovation. We test this theory and apply extended ...
Studie untersucht, worauf steigende Ungleichheit der Erwerbseinkommen zurückgeht – Verschiebungen bei der Arbeitszeit und Diskrepanz zwischen gewünschtem und tatsächlichem Erwerbsumfang sind Treiber – Flexiblere Arbeitszeiten und bessere Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf nötig Die monatlichen Bruttoerwerbseinkommen der Beschäftigten in Deutschland waren im Jahr ...
Die Ungleichheit der monatlichen Bruttoerwerbseinkommen der Beschäftigten in Deutschland ist laut Sozio-oekonomischem Panel (SOEP) zwischen 1993 und 2003 signifikant gestiegen und stagniert seit 2008 auf relativ hohem Niveau. Wie dieser Bericht zeigt, liegt der Anstieg weniger an einer höheren Ungleichheit der Stundenlöhne, sondern daran, dass diese zunehmend mit der Arbeitszeit korrelieren: Beschäftigte ...
In this article, we provide the results of a simple quantitative analysis of the potential remedies to reduce the supply gap in Germany that arises if Russia stops delivering natural gas. We take into account the supply potential of other suppliers, and combine this with an analysis of the additional supply potential by stopping electricity generation from natural gas. Moreover, we investigate the ...
