Institutional Frameworks and Labor Market Performance produces an in-depth analysis of the functioning of various labor market institutions in both the USA and Germany. Particular emphasis is given to the substantial differences between the US and Germany in the ways important areas are...

Als letzter Redner im Sommersemester 2003 referierte Prof. Dr. Wernhard Möschel, Universität Tübingen, am 7. Juli im »Münchner Seminar« am ifo Institut zum Thema Tarifautonomie und Lohnfindung. Insbesondere zeigte er Möglichkeiten auf, im gegebenen rechtlichen Rahmen dem...

Institutional Frameworks and Labor Market Performance produces an in-depth analysis of the functioning of various labor market institutions in both the USA and Germany. Particular emphasis is given to the substantial differences between the US and Germany in the ways important areas are...

Als letzter Redner im Sommersemester 2003 referierte Prof. Dr. Wernhard Möschel, Universität Tübingen, am 7. Juli im »Münchner Seminar« am ifo Institut zum Thema Tarifautonomie und Lohnfindung. Insbesondere zeigte er Möglichkeiten auf, im gegebenen rechtlichen Rahmen dem...

Dieser Beitrag nimmt aus theoretischer und ökonometrischer Sicht zu der Kontroverse über die Bedeutung der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur zur Erklärung der Beschäftigungsstruktur Stellung. Basierend auf einer Einteilung in drei Qualifikationsgruppen zeigt sich empirisch, dass die Entlohnung...

This paper is devoted t.o an interpretation of both vacancy data and the Beveridgecurve. Officially reported vacancy data are critically reviewed. The theoretical foundation and empirical application of the Beveridge-curve is examined. We find that the Beveridge-curve is everything but a...

This paper constitutes an interim report on the development of a macroeconometric disequilibrium model. Despite several caveats the model as it stands can be used already for two purposes. First, it is possible to investigate the models forecasting abilities. While the estimation period of the...

This paper contains a description and analysis of the labour market in East Germany and an econometric evaluation of some effects of German unification on the West German labour market. At the outset, recent developments of employment and unemployment in East Germany are summarized together with...