Welche fachlichen Qualifikationen brauchen Unternehmen, damit sie die Transformation hin zu einer Green Economy gut meistern und Wettbewerbsvorteile haben? Werden Spezialisten benötigt oder gar neue Berufe entstehen? Dies sind die zentralen Fragen, mit denen sich dieses Papier beschäftigt. Es...

The buildings sector accounts for about 40% of final energy consumption in Germany, and by far the largest part of this is due to old buildings. In total, more than 80% of the final energy consumed in households is used for space heating and hot water (Federal Statistical Office 2010)....

Auf den Gebäudebereich entfallen ca. 40% des Endenergieverbrauchsin Deutschland, der weitaus größte Teil ist demAltbaubestand zuzurechnen (BMVBS 2007). Insgesamt werden über 80% der in den Haushalten verbrauchten Endenergie für RaumwärmeundWarmwasserbereitungge-nutzt(Statistisches...

Germany's more compressed wage structure is taken by many analysts as the main cause of the German-US difference in job creation. We find that the US has a more dispersed level of skills than Germany but even adjusted for skills, Germany has a more compressed wage distribution than the US. The...

Greater job creation in the US than in Germany has often been related to greater wage dispersion coupled with less regulated labour and product markets in the US. Based on the Comparative German American Structural Database and the International Adult Literacy Survey we find that employment of...

This paper develops and estimates a two-factor model of intergenerational skill transmission when earnings inequality reflects differences in individual skills and other non-skill shocks. We consider heterogeneity in both initial skills and skill growth rates, allowing variation in skill growth...

International trade has been cited as a source of widening wage inequality in industrial nations. Consistent with this claim, we find a significant export wage premium for high-skilled workers in German manufacturing and an export wage discount for lower skilled workers, using matched...

The closing of the gender wage gap is an ongoing phenomenon in industrialized countries. However, research has been limited in its ability to understand the causes of these changes, due in part to an inability to directly compare the work of women to that of men. In this study, we use a new...

I examine the determinants of inter-state migration of adults within western Germany, using the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984-2000. I highlight the prevalence and distinctive characteristics of migrants who do not change employers. Same-employer migrants represent one fifth of all...