identification, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the …

skills matching. …

We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than … existing skill proxies. We exploit that skill requirements of apprenticeships in Germany are codified in state …-approved, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These plans provide more than 13,000 different skills and the exact duration of …

The multitude of tasks performed in the labor market requires skills in many dimensions. Traditionally, human capital …, and social skills as three important dimensions of basic skills. Recent advances in text analysis of online job postings … skills and earnings, including the matching of skill supply and demand, will enhance our understanding of the role of human …

develop detailed measures of state human capital based on school attainment from census micro data and on cognitive skills … attainment and cognitive skills. Similar results emerge from growth accounting analyses. …

residency to incentivize their labor market attachment and acquisition of local language skills. Contrary to what the reform …

West Germany. Our basic goal is to shed light on what makes German regions grow. The paper finds that the relative income …, here West Germany, shows that the model might help to explain regional growth patterns. …