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 …, we find that wages are lower for job changers for the group of training participants, so wages decrease when trained …

This paper analyses whether wages in Germany respond to firm-specific profitability conditions. Particular emphasis … bargaining coverage. To derive testable hypotheses, we set up a theoretical model that analyses the sensitivity of wages to firm …

Using a linked employer-employee data set, this paper analyses the relationship between firm-profitability and wages …. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the sensitivity of wages to firm-specific rents varies with collective … wage determination without any bargaining coverage. Our findings indicate that individual wages are positively related to …

This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under … wages to the variability in productivity conditions in a unionsised oligopoly framework. The model distinguishes centralised … and decentralised wage determination. The theoretical results predict wages to be negatively associated with the degree of …

Using a linked employer-employee data set, this paper analyses the relationship between firm profitability and wages …. Particular emphasis is given to the question of whether the sensitivity of wages to firm-specific rents varies with collective … wage determination without any bargaining coverage. Our findings indicate that individual wages are positively related to …

Germany. The innovation of our research is that we do not just compare average male and female wages (of specific groups of … wage differential between men and women decreases with firm size and increases with the wage level. …

In this paper, we study the effect of skill-biased technological change on unemployment when benefits are linked to the … workers and hence their wage leads to an increase in average income and hence in benefits. The increased fallback income, in … turn, makes unskilled workers ask for higher wages. As higher wages are not justified by respective productivity increases …

Graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are usually found to have higher wages and a … overqualification and wages in a causal way, since individuals choosing these subjects might differ systematically in unobserved … differences in the risk of overqualification and wages when STEM graduates are compared to the Business & Law group, while it …