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Das Wirtschaftswunderjahr 2009
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Trotz des größten Wirtschaftseinbruchs in der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte hat die internationale Krise die Bürger kaum erreicht. Das wird sich mittelfristig bedrohlich ändern, wenn es nicht gelingt, rechtzeitig eine aufziehende Kreditklemme und eine bedrohlich wachsende Staatsverschuldung...
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Vom kranken Mann zum Vorbild Europas: Kann Deutschlands Arbeitsmarkt noch vom Ausland lernen?
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In den letzten zwanzig Jahren hat die Bedeutung internationaler Vergleiche für die Bewertung der Arbeitsmarkt- und … ausländischen Erfahrungen für die Gestaltung von Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialstaatsreformen gelernt werden kann. Skepsis ist angebracht …. Auch legt der Blick auf jüngste internationale Arbeitsmarktentwicklungen Zurückhaltung nahe: Galt Deutschland noch Anfang …
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Flexible Arbeitswelten: Eine Bestandsaufnahme
Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Der Arbeitsmarkt und die Arbeitswelt in Deutschland befinden sich in einem schon länger andauernden Veränderungsprozess …
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Green Jobs: Erlebt Deutschland sein grünes Beschäftigungswunder?
Pestel, Nico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
diesem Beitrag wird die gegenwärtige Daten- und Faktenlage im Hinblick auf Green Jobs in Deutschland dargestellt. Es zeigt … grünen Sektor zu erwarten sind. Die Frage, ob Deutschland sein „grünes Beschäftigungswunder“ erlebt, bleibt (noch) offen. …
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Determinants of South African Women’s Labour Force Participation, 1995-2004
Ntuli, Miracle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
A striking feature of labour supply in South Africa is the phenomenal expansion in the labour force participation of women from 38 percent in 1995 to 46 percent in 2004. Even so, their participation has been persistently lower than that of men whose participation rates were 58 percent and 62...
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Bullying at School and Labour Market Outcomes
Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This study examines the long-term correlates of bullying in school with aspects of functioning in adult employment outcomes. Bullying is considered and evaluated as a proxy for unmeasured productivity, and a framework is provided that outlines why bullying might affect employment outcomes...
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Survey of Models on Demand, Customer Base-Line and Demand Response and Their Relationships in the Power Market
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The increasing use of demand-side management as a tool to reliably meet electricity demand at peak time has stimulated interest among researchers, consumers and producer organizations, managers, regulators and policymakers, This research reviews the growing literature on models used to study...
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Education and Mobility
Machin, Stephen; Pelkonen, Panu; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based on a quasi-exogenous staged Norwegian school reform, and register data on the whole population. Based on the results, we conclude that part of the US-Europe difference, as well...
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Training, Job Satisfaction and Workplace Performance in Britain: Evidence from WERS 2004
Jones, Melanie K.; Jones, Richard J.; Latreille, Paul L.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper analyses the relationship between training, job satisfaction and workplace performance using the British 2004 Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS). Several measures of performance are analysed including absence, quits, financial performance, labour productivity and product...
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The Labour Market Position of Turkish Immigrants in Germany and the Netherlands: Reason for Migration, Naturalisation and Language Proficiency
Euwals, Rob; Dagevos, Jaco; Gijsberts, Mérove; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
). First, we find that educational attainment and language proficiency have a higher return in the Netherlands than in Germany …, while for Germany we find a negative relation with tenured employment. The contrasting results on tenured employment may be … explained partly by differences in immigration rules. In Germany economic self-reliance is more important than in the …
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