"Die zeitliche Entwicklung der Laufzeiten von offenen Stellen wird regional, nach Wirtschaftszweigen, Berufen und weiteren Merkmalen dargestellt und erläutert. Dabei zeigt sich generell eine starke konjunkturelle Abhängigkeit der Laufzeiten. Daneben haben sich aber die Laufzeiten gerade in den...

In der ökonomischen Forschung fehlt bislang gesamtwirtschaftlich repräsentative empirische Evidenz zu der Frage, ob offene Stellen als Vorlaufindikator für die Beschäftigungsentwicklung gelten können. Bei der Interpretation der aktuellen Entwicklung des Stellenangebots wird dies häufig...

Mit der günstigen wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung sowie dem demografischen Wandel hat die Diskussion um nicht besetzte Fachkräftestellen wieder an Bedeutung gewonnen. Der Bericht will mit Auswertungen auf betrieblicher Ebene zu dieser Diskussion beitragen: In welchem Ausmaß gibt es in den...

"There is an ongoing discussion that centres on the German labour market reforms (2003- 2005) and the role of these reforms in boosting the German economy. Considering that one of the main objectives of the reforms was to improve the matching process on the labour market, I use rich,...

"This paper investigates the role of mismatch between job seekers and job openings for the forecasting performance of a labor market matching function. In theory, higher mismatch lowers matching efficiency which increases the risk that the vacancies cannot be filled within the usual period of...

"This article introduces the German job vacancy survey (EGS). Its data are valuable because employers' recruitment processes and decisions are little-noticed through the empirical literature on matching processes on the labour market. This is due to the fact that administrative data on job...

"Between 1979 and 2009, the German labour market moved along a Beveridge curve with changing slope that usually shifted outwards but once inwards. We employ an unobserved components model to simultaneously disentangle permanent and transitory components of matching efficiency and separation rate...

"Potential skills shortages on the labour market are one of the main topics in the public focus in Germany after the financial crisis of the late 2000s. This paper is one of the results of a project funded by the German federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and contributes to the...

"The Research Data Center (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg provides access to data of the German Job Vacancy Survey (EGS). The EGS includes information about the labour demand and the recruitment processes on the German...

"This paper provides detailed empirical evidence on the scope of mismatch in Germany in the past decade, using a comprehensive administrative data set that allows for disaggregation at the levels of industry, occupation and region. The findings suggest that regional mismatch did not play an...