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 …

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

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 …

This paper studies the impact of process and product innovations introduced by firms on employment growth in these … firms. A simple model that relates employment growth to process innovations and to the growth of sales separately due to …

innovation and employment growth in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations … using specific information provided by CIS data. It establishes a theoretical link between employment growth and innovation … output. The econometric analysis confirms that product innovations have a positive impact on employment. In contrast to …

activities, this paper reports new results on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in manufacturing and … service firms in Germany. The model is tailor-made for analysing firm-level employment effects of innovations using specific … information provided by CIS data. It establishes a theoretical link between employment growth and innovation output. The …