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 …

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 contributes to the sparse literature on employment spillovers on minimum wages by exploiting the minimum …, we are able to identify employment effects along the entire wage distribution. The results indicate that the chances for … roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment …

, revenues and hence profits will change. We quantify the employment effects of an economy-wide increase in weekly normal hours …

Distinguishing carefully between mobility across firms and across occupations, this study provides causal estimates of … the wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany. Our instrumental variables approach exploits …

distribution. We conclude that occupational mobility has reduced the gender wage gap, but lock{in effects are still stronger for …This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and … occupational mobility. We use longitudinal data for young workers with apprenticeship training in West Germany. Workers make …