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Labor Demand During the Crisis:What Happened in Germany?

Bohachova, Olga; Boockmann, Bernhard; Buch, Claudia M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

’ labor demand duringthe crisis using a firm-level panel dataset. Our analysis proceeds in two steps. First, weestimate a … dynamic labor demand function for the years 2000-2009 accounting for the degreeof working time flexibility and the presence of … measure oflabor hoarding as the dependent variable in a cross-sectional regression for 2009. Apart fromtotal labor hoarding …

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Are the Self-Employed Really Jacks-of-All-Trades?Testing the Assumptions and Implications of Lazear’sTheory of Entrepreneurship with German Data

Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

Using a large representative German data set and various concepts of self-employment, thispaper tests the “jack-of-all-trades” view of entrepreneurship by Lazear (AER 2004).Consistent with its theoretical assumptions we find that self-employed individuals performmore tasks and that their...

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Adjusting to Skill Shortages:Complexity and Consequences

Healy, Joshua; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

Skill shortages are often portrayed as a major problem for the economies of many countriesincluding the Australian economy. Yet, there is surprisingly little evidence about theirprevalence, causes and consequences. This paper attempts to improve our understandingabout these issues by using...

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Another Economic Miracle?The German Labor Market and the Great Recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

The mild response of the German labor market to the worst global recession in post-warhistory appears as an economic …

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Job Separations and Informality in theRussian Labor Market

Lehmann, Hartmut; Razzolini, Tiziano; Zaiceva, Anzelika - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

job separators(displaced workers and quitters) in the Russian labor market in the form of informalemployment and …

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Labour Contracts and Performance of Cameroonian Firms

Fomba Kamga, Benjamin - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

The aim of this study is to evaluate employees’ productivity in relation to their contract status.This study uses (a) survey data collected among manufacturing sector firms, having morethan 15 employees, in Cameroon between April and May 2006 and (b) information issued bythe National Institute...

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It’s the Opportunity Cost, Stupid!How Self-Employment Responds to FinancialIncentives of Return, Risk and Skew

Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

college or university, grouped inapproximately 120 labor market segments, we find significant support for these propositions …

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The Financial Crisis, Labor Market Transitions andEarnings: A Gendered Panel Data Analysis for Serbia

Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Sulla, Victor - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

) data. By examining labor markettransitions, earnings levels, and earnings growth and their correlates using a recent … females are disadvantaged in the Serbian labor market in terms ofmoving out of the two undesirable states, unemployment and …

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Minimum Wage Channels of Adjustment

Hirsch, Barry T.; Kaufman, Bruce E.; Zelenska, Tetyana - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

employment, including hours, prices, turnover, training, performancestandards, and non-labor costs. Exploiting variation in the …

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