Der Strukturwandel hin zu einer forschungs- und wissensintensiven Gesellschaft ist durch einen anhaltenden Trend zur intensiven Beschäftigung hochqualifizierter Arbeitskräfte gekennzeichnet. Verstärkt durch einen konjunkturbedingten Expansionsbedarf der Unternehmen, hat diese gestiegene...

The UK and the US have experienced both rising skill premia and rising employment of skilled workers since the 1980s. These trends are typically interpreted as concurrent shifts of relative skill supplies and demands, and the demand shifts are attributed to skill-biased technological change or...

Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...

Mobility of workers involves flows of labour, human capital and other production factors and thus contributes to a more efficient allocation of resources. Besides these effects on allocative efficiency, migrant flows affect relative wages and also change the international and national...