This dissertation addresses the measurement of occupation in surveys. Many surveys ask respondents about their occupation with open-ended questions. The verbal answers are typically coded after the interview into official classifications (e.g., the 2008 International Standard Classification of...

The question whether agglomeration externalities arise either from specialization or diversification of economic activity has since long been a major topic in the analysis of factors determining economic growth. In this paper we analyze whether a more specialized or a more diverse skill...

The paper investigates the relationship between human capital diversity measured in terms of occupational diversity and a firm's likelihood to innovate. The empirical analysis is based on a linked employer-employee panel dataset of German firms over the period 1998 to 2007. Despite notable...

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht empirisch, wie Berufe individuelle Erwerbsverläufe strukturieren. Berufe werden hier als Institutionen verstanden, die Bildungssystem und Arbeitsmarkt miteinander verknüpfen und nach dem Grad ihrer Institutionalisierung variieren. Den theoretischen...

During the last several decades developed economies underwent salient employment shifts from manufacturing toward service production. This dissertation investigates the meaning of these changes for the occupational and skill structure of the German economy. It elaborates on the skills and...

The paper addresses an often neglected question in labour market research: to which extent do outcomes aggregated on the national level disguise occupational diversity in employment conditions? In particular, how and why do occupational groups differ with regard to the incidence of non-standard...