In-plant alliances that tailor specific deviations from sectoral collective agreements on wages and working time are intended to hold down labor costs. These agreements enable reorganizations to respond to an imminent economic crisis or to improve competitiveness. They encourage social partners...

Using census data for 1996, 2001 and 2007 the authors study the labor market effect of immigration in South Africa. In this period the share of foreign born over the total population has grown by almost fifty percent, and both the characteristics and geographical distribution of immigrants show...

Ohne Bildung keine Beschäftigung und ohne Beschäftigung möglicherweise auch keine Bildung - wer weiß? Der in allen OECD-Ländern zu beobachtende Wandel zur wissensbasierten Gesellschaft hat gravierende Folgen für Bildung und Ausbildung einerseits sowie für die Beschäftigungschancen auf...

We examine the response of a large panel of German establishments to the crisis in terms of their job flows (changes in employment) and consequent worker flows (hires, separations and layoffs). We analyse the extent to which job flows and worker flows at the establishment level are...