We document that the dominant component of overall and residual wage inequality is within plant-occupations and, combining within-occupation task information from labor force surveys with linked plant-worker data for Germany, establish three interrelated facts: (1) larger plants and exporters...

We propose a simple explanation for the long-run decline in the startup rate. It was caused by a slowdown in labor supply growth since the late 1970s, largely pre-determined by demographics. This channel explains roughly two-thirds of the decline and why incumbent firm survival and average...

We use comprehensive micro data in the French manufacturing sector between 1995 and 2017 to document the effects of automation technologies on employment, sales, prices, wages, and the labor share. Causal effects are estimated with event studies and a shift-share IV design...

Speaker: Professor Dr. Thomas Straubhaar , Universität Hamburg, Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen. Prof. Dr. Thomas Straubhaar spricht im Rahmen des IWH Policy Talks über das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen. An seinen Vortrag schließt sich...

Speaker: Professor Dr. Thomas Straubhaar , Universität Hamburg, Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen