This paper considers training, mobility decisions and wages together to test for the specificity of human capital … contained in continuing training courses. We empirically analyse the relationship between training, mobility and wages in two … ways. First, we examine the correlation between training and mobility. In a second step, we consider wage effects of …

find that ownership type is highly correlated with characteristics of both workers (education, experience, gender, and ….16 and 0.34, respectively), and controlling for employment size further reduces them (to 0.07 and 0.28). We also exploit the …

We estimate the effects of privatization on firm-level wages and employment in four transition economies. Applied to … impacts on both employment and wages in all four countries. The negligible consequences of domestic privatization for workers … effects of all types in Russia and Ukraine. The positive employment outcome under foreign ownership results from a substantial …

This paper studies the relationship between employment and wage structures in West Germany based on the IAB employment … evolution of relative employment measures, we estimate elasticities of substitution between employees in three different skill … groups and between those of different age, taking account of the endogeneity of wages and employment. Compared to estimates …

Job mobility and employment durations can be explained by different theoretical approaches, such as job matching or … durations in the employment spell. Standard empirical techniques, such as hazard rate analysis, cannot deal with this problem …. In this paper, we apply censored quantile regression techniques to estimate employment durations of male workers in …

This paper describes the geographical location and internal mobility of the Mâori ethnic group in New Zealand between … particular geographical locations. We compare the mobility of Mâori in particular locations to the mobility of similar Europeans … impediment to mobility. …