The female share in management positions is quite low in Germany. The higher the hierarchical level, the fewer women there are in such positions. Men have numerous role models to follow whereas women lack this opportunity: In the executive boards of the top 200 private companies in Germany, only...

Based on a German representative sample of employees we explore the relevance anddevelopment of further training in private sector firms. We focus on formal training andexplore possible individual and job-based determinants of its incidence. We also showchanges over time during a 20 year...

We investigate the effects of works councils on employees’ wages and job satisfaction ingeneral and for subgroups with respect to sex and occupational status. Making use of aGerman representative sample of employees, we find that employees, who move to a firmwith a works council, report...

We empirically explore the relevance of risk taking behavior in tournaments. We make use ofdata from the NBA season 2007/2008 and measure risk taking by the fraction of three-pointshots. Current heterogeneity of teams is taken into account by intermediate results. It turnsout that indeed teams...

Many previous studies try to discover job preferences by directly asking individuals. Since itis not sure, whether answers to these surveys are relevant for actual behaviour, this empiricalexamination offers a different approach based on representative German data. Employees whoquit their job...

Die Einführung von Mindestlöhnen in Deutschland würde vor allem geringfügig Beschäftigte und Personen, die durch einen Job ihr Einkommen aufbessern, tangieren - insbesondere Rentner, Arbeitslose sowie Schüler oder Studenten. Mindestlöhne würden in erster Linie kleine Unternehmen treffen...

Nach der Deregulierung der Arbeitnehmerüberlassung im Rahmen der Hartz-Reformen stieg die Zahl der Leiharbeitnehmer sprunghaft an; seit 2004 hat sie sich fast verdoppelt. Reichlich zwei Prozent aller Arbeitnehmer sind inzwischen in der Zeitarbeitsbranche beschäftigt. Das ist zwar kein großer...

Through the Hartz reforms, German active labor market policy was fundamentally restructured and has since been systematically evaluated. This paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusions for the future setup of active labor market policies in Germany. It argues in...

The German labor market reforms seem to be on the right track. However, they need to be adjusted especially on the organizational side to make them more effective. The labor market instruments can be concentrated on temporary company wage subsidies, training measures and financial incentives for...

Die Einführung von Mindestlöhnen in Deutschland würde vor allem geringfügig Beschäftigte und Personen, die durch einen Job ihr Einkommen aufbessern, tangieren - insbesondere Rentner, Arbeitslose sowie Schüler oder Studenten. Mindestlöhne würden in erster Linie kleine Unternehmen treffen...