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Concerns have been raised that demographic ageing may weaken the competitiveness of knowledge-based economies and … Germany using a flexible knowledge production function and accounting for potential endogeneity of the regional workforce … presence of older workers as younger and older workers turn out to be complements in the production of knowledge. With …
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A series of seminal theoretical papers argues that poaching of employees may hamper company-sponsored general training. However, the extent of poaching, its determinants and consequences, remains an open empirical question. We provide a novel empirical identification strategy for poaching and...
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Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy …
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Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this back-of-the-envelope calculation overestimates the effect of loosening hours constraints, because even in a very flexible labor market there will exist hours restrictions for...
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In this paper, I contrast the quality of part-time jobs - in terms of hourly wage rates - with those of full-timers. Using the Netherlands as a benchmark, helps to assess the size and seriousness of the estimated wage differentials in Germany. Based on two comparable household surveys, I...
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