upper and lower tails of the wage distribution, while employment in the middle part of the distribution has stagnated or …"The labor markets of most industrialized countries are polarized. This means that employment has grown in jobs at the …

responsible for the educational divide in mothers' employment. Hypotheses are derived from human capital theory and labor supply …

process and increasing inequalities in skill-specific employment prospects. Local human capital has a likely effect on skill … specific productivity levels and employment growth. Furthermore, theoretical studies suggest that skill segregation might … matter for the polarisation of wages and employment. There are several studies investigating the influence of the local human …

"Using large data sets from the German employment and unemployment register 1985-2004, we investigate aggregate wage … cyclicality and the wage curve for establishment stayers and movers. We find that movers' wage responses to aggregate unemployment … by the importance of centralized wage bargaining in Germany." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) …