We analyze the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in the West German economy, in particular … earnings of unskilled workers could have contributed to the stabilization of their relative employment level. In other sectors … of the economy, the decline in the skills ratio, i.e. the employment share of unskilled relative to skilled workers …

We analyze the economic factors which have contributed to the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled … of intensified international competition and skill?biased technological change on the relative employment and earnings … is rather low. The decline in the employment share of unskilled workers attributable to an inflexible earnings structure …

Socio-Economic Panel and micro-data from the Employment Register of the Federal Labour Office. We find that earnings …