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Muysken, Joan; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999

This paper demonstrates that insiders can erect barriers to entry and skim rents by sinking costs in human capital when labour markets are otherwise perfectly contestable. The sunk costs nature of human capital investments may result from the need to satisfy ever increasing specialised skill...

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Overqualification of graduates: Assessing the role of family background

Erdsiek, Daniel - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

Studies on the underlying mechanisms of social mobility commonly find that half of the intergenerational earnings persistence remains unexplained. Focusing on the phenomenon of overqualification, this study examines a transmission channel that might operate beyond the mechanisms previously...

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Up or out: Research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Leuschner, Ute - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of a postdoc in a life-cycle perspective of transitions from academic … there is quite a strong confidence to succeed in an academic career. Furthermore, postdocs who attended a PhD program show … better career prospects and higher research incentives compared to others. Academic career prospects and motivation are …

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Ingenieure und Facharbeiter im Maschinen- und Anlagenbau und sonstigen Branchen: Analyse der sozialdemographischen Struktur und der Tätigkeitsfelder

Wolf, Elke - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999

In dieser Studie werden auf Basis des Mikrozensus die soziodemographische Struktur sowie die Tätigkeitsfelder der Ingenieure und Facharbeiter mit den typischen Berufen des Maschinen- und Anlagenbaus analysiert. Die Erwerbsquote der Ingenieure ist in den Jahren zwischen 1991 und 1995 gesunken,...

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A Simple Test of the Efficiency Wage Hypothesis Revisited

Dastani, Parsis; Laisney, François; Vouillaume, Sophie - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1997

explained by the stock of human capital, should help predict variables such as career expectations (quit, change occupation …, which differ somewhat from theirs: in particular, we find no effect of the wage premium on career expectations. The main …

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Does fixed-term contract employment raise firms' adjustment-speed? Evidence from an establishment panel for West-Germany

Hagen, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

Fixed-term labour contracts were liberalised in Germany in order to raise the flexibility of the labour market. However, empirical studies using industry-level data find no significant effect of FTCs on employment adjustment. This paper investigates the impact of FTC employment on firms?...

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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten

Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...

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Training, Mobility, and Wages: Specific Versus General Human Capital

Garloff, Alfred; Kuckulenz, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

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 ways. First, we examine the correlation between training...

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The Rationale for Wage Rigidity: Survey Evidence from German and US Firms

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Franz, Wolfgang - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002

The study provides evidence for the rationale of wage rigidity in Germany compared to the United States. Based on a survey of 801 firms, we extend the study of Campbell and Kanlani (1997, this journal) by using more thorough econometric methods, for example, and find strong support for...

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Mobilität nach der beruflichen Ausbildung: Eine empirische Studie für Westdeutschland

Franz, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Volker - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1999

Ob und wie lange Jugendliche nach Abschluß ihrer Lehre weiterhin im Ausbildungsbetrieb arbeiten, ist eine Fragestellung, deren Beantwortung für das Verständnis des Arbeitsmarktes in mehrfacher Hinsicht von Nutzen sein kann. Zum einen liefern Abgänge aus dem Ausbildungsbetrieb ohne...

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