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Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well as...
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on the changing patterns of labour market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labour market … duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labour market reforms promoting, in particular, non-standard forms of … contributed to the expansion of overall labour market inclusion and job growth in Germany and that at least some forms of non …
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barely any evidence for Germany. This study adds to this literature by exploring data from the German Socio-Economic Panel … and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ …
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The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to … development in Germany is a large occupational heterogeneity, which is true for both current working conditions and trajectories … analyses the role of different types of non-standard employment across occupations in Germany, explaining variation between …
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Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...
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major immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a relatively weak record of immigrant assimilation. For identification … after eight years of residency in Germany, while adults faced a 15-year residency requirement. Since 2000, all immigrants …
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This paper studies how portable skill accumulated in the labor market are. Using rich data on tasks performed in occupations, we propose the concept of task-specific human capital to measure the transferability of skills empirically. Our results on occupational mobility and wages show that labor...
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This paper analyzes the determinants of secondary jobholding in Germany and the UK. Although differing in labor market …
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on the changing patterns of labor market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labor market … duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labor market reforms promoting in particular non-standard forms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201759
Der Arbeitsmarkt und die Arbeitswelt in Deutschland befinden sich in einem schon länger andauernden Veränderungsprozess …
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