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Sensitivity of matching-based program evaluations to the availability of control variables
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2011
Based on new, exceptionally informative and large German linked employer-employee administrative data, we investigate the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates of typical active labour market programs for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011187
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Extensive vs. intensive margin in Germany and the United States : any differences?
Merkl, Christian; Wesselbaum, Dennis - 2009
This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003929206
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Wages anatomy : labor supply of nurses and a comparison with physicians
Andreassen, Leif; Di Tommaso, Maria Laura; Strøm, Steinar - 2014
We estimate a dynamic discrete choice model of Registered Nurses’ labor supply with random terms. A distinguished feature of our model is that random terms are correlated over time and jobs (habit persistence). Past options and not only the past optimal choices matter for the current choices....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436536
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Exporting and labor demand : micro-level evidence from Germany
Lichter, Andreas; Peichl, Andreas; Sieglich, Sebastian - 2014
It is widely believed that globalization affects the extent of employment and wage responses to economic shocks. To provide evidence for this, we analyze the effect of firms' exporting behavior on the elasticity of labor demand. Using rich, German administrative linked employer-employee panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250050
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Skill premiums and the supply of young workers in Germany
Glitz, Albrecht; Wissmann, Daniel - 2017
In this paper, we study the development and underlying drivers of skill premiums in Germany between 1980 and 2008. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688036
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Berufliche Weiterbildung und Arbeitsplatzrisiko : ein Matching-Ansatz
Christensen, Björn - 2001
Die vorliegende Arbeit befaßt sich mit den Effekten beruflicher Weiterbildung auf die Entlassungswahrscheinlichkeit und … Ergebnisse der Schätzungen zum Weiterbildungseffekt zeigen, daß das Entlassungsrisiko durch berufliche Weiterbildung signifikant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474190
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Do firms hire more older workers? : evidence from Germany
Busch, Fabian; Fenge, Robert; Ochsen, Carsten - 2021
This paper analyses how demographic changes of the labour force affect labour demand. Do firms adjust their hiring behaviour to an ageing society? Combining data at the firm level and the administrative district level, we analyse the hiring behaviour of firms. Our findings suggest that firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599161
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Real and financial integration in Europe : evidence for the accession states and for the pre-ins
Buch, Claudia M.; Döpke, Jörg - 1999
-ins for monetary union with respect to Germany. Using tests for cointegration and common features for monthly data during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474986
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Macroeconomic aspects of structural labor market reforms in Germany
Dovern, Jonas (contributor);  … - 2006
Using a newly constructed macroeconometric model for Germany and the rest of the Euro area, we investigate the … macroeconomic effects of structural labor market reforms in Germany. We find that neither the fact that Germany can no longer pursue … Germany by implementing labor market reforms themselves constitute impediments to successful reforms. Reforms would relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003373604
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Optimal use of labor market policies : the role of job search assistance
Wunsch, Conny - 2009
This paper studies the role of job search assistance programs in optimal welfare-to-work programs. The analysis is based on a framework, that allows for endogenous choice of benefit types and levels, wage taxes or subsidies, and activation measures such as monitoring and job search assistance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923505