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Original Papers Göke, Stefan, Joachim Prinz, Daniel Weimar: Diamonds are Forever: Job-Matching and Career Success of Young Workers JBNST - Vol. 234/4 - 2014, pp. 450-473.
+ show abstract- hide abstractThis study addresses the probability of young workers seeking for promotion after vocational
training. By applying semi-parametric duration analysis with competing risks to a dataset
of 17 youth rosters, each of them winner of either DFB-U19-Bundesliga or DFB-Youth-Cup
between 1998/1999 and 2010/2011, the following paper tests some predictions that have
emerged from Jovanovic’s (1979) matching theory. By running a youth academy a club assembles
private information in order to decrease information deficits about a youth player’s performance.
Findings from a database that covers 270 German youth players indicate that productivity,
tenure and job seniority are key determinants for a successful debut with the home
club. These results were not detected for potential debuts with an outside team after finishing
youth engagement.
Janik, Florian: Unit-Nonresponse in Establishments Surveys. An Analysis Using the IAB Establishment Panel 2009 JBNST - Vol. 234/4 - 2014, pp. 474-489.
+ show abstract- hide abstractThe aim of this paper is to analyze unit-nonresponse for establishments surveyed for the first
time in the IAB Establishment Panel. This is not only useful to understand nonresponse in this
particular survey but to increase knowledge about nonresponse in business surveys overall.
Therefore a theoretical framework is presented which helps to explain these processes in establishment
surveys. To test this theory additional data from the federal employment agency about
the establishments and data about the conducting interviewers is used. Empirical results mainly
confirm the theoretical framework. If the respondent has the authority to provide relevant information
and is able to give reliable answers to the questions with a justifiable amount of effort,
participation is less frequently refused. Both aspects are highly correlated with establishment
size and the complexity of the firm. It can also be shown that experienced and professional
interviewers are more successful in recruiting firms to take part in the survey. The findings can
be used to improve the study design in organizational surveys. Kallweit, Manuel, Anabell Kohlmeier : Income-independent Surcharges in German Statutory Health Insurance JBNST - Vol. 234/4 - 2014, pp. 490-517.
+ show abstract- hide abstractExpenditure of the German statutory health insurance scheme will increase significantly in the
future. In order to keep the system financially sound, current law plans to levy income independent
surcharges. These will be complemented by a tax-financed social compensation scheme. In
this paper, we analyse the effects of such surcharges on revenue on Germany’s statutory health
insurance using a general equilibrium model with overlapping generations. Afterwards, we further
develop the surcharges up to a flat rate employee contribution and ascertain their financial
consequences and their employment and growth effects. The allocative effects of such a further
development are positive. They will be more considerable if the introduction begins earlier and
ends quickly. A moderate expenditure increase and a smaller shape of the compensation scheme
will intensify these effects. Wagner, Joachim: The Role of Extensive Margins of Exports in The Great Export Recovery in Germany, 2009/2010 JBNST - Vol. 234/4 - 2014, pp. 518-526.
+ show abstract- hide abstractThis paper contributes to the literature by documenting for the first time the contribution of
adding (and dropping) goods and destination countries to the sharp increase in exports of goods
in the German economy as a whole during the Great Export Recovery in 2009/2010. The
empirical investigation finds that firms that exported in both 2009 and 2010 are much more
important for the export dynamics than export starters and export stoppers. Firms that increased
their exports (and that were the drivers of the export boom) exported on average more goods
and to more destination countries in 2009 than firms that decreased their exports, and they
increased both extensive margins of exports on average while firms with decreased exports
reduced both the number of goods exported and the number of countries exported to.
Book Reviews Galí, Jordi: Unemployment Fluctuations and Stabilization Policies: A New Keynesian Perspective JBNST - Vol. 234/4 - 2014, pp. 527-527.
Hommes, Cars: Behavioral Rationality and Heterogeneous Expectations in Complex Economic Systems JBNST - Vol. 234/4 - 2014, pp. 528-528.
Marshall, Robert C.: Leslie M. Marx, The Economics of Collusion. Cartels and Bidding Rings JBNST - Vol. 234/4 - 2014, pp. 531-531.
Schick, Gerhard: Machtwirtschaft – Nein Danke! JBNST - Vol. 234/4 - 2014, pp. 532-532.
Akzeptanzprobleme der Marktwirtschaft: Ursachen und wirtschaftspolitische Konsequenzen : Theurl, Theresia JBNST - Vol. 234/4 - 2014, pp. 535-535.
Turner, Adair: Economics After the Crisis JBNST - Vol. 234/4 - 2014, pp. 540-540.
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