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The rationale for wage rigidity : survey evidence from German and US firms
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428502
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Intergenerational mobility and self-selection of asylum seekers in Germany
Kolb, Michael; Neidhöfer, Guido; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2019 - This version, 13 June 2019
We exploit a novel survey of recently arrived asylum seekers in Germany in order to estimate the degree of … that there exists positive skill selection among recently arrived refugees in Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012034744
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Labour market transitions and the persistence of unemployment : West Germany 1983-1992
Steiner, Viktor - 1994
Although explanations of the persistence of high unemployment in Germany, in particular long-term unemployment, have …-Economic Panel for West Germany covering the period 1983 to 1992. The focus of the study is on the importance of "negative duration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619969
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Business start-ups by the unemployed : an econometric analysis based on firm data
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reize, Frank - 1998
This study investigates firm survival and employment growth of start-ups by unemployed people in East and West Germany … 1995 and could be observed at least one year after their foundation in 4 regions of East and 11 regions of West Germany. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011620673
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Weiterbildung, Arbeitszeit und Lohneinkommen
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Brade, Joachim - 1995
This paper analyzes the determinants, work-time and income effects of continuous vocational training in West-Germany on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011620720
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Technological change and skill obsolescence : the case of German apprenticeship training
Blechinger, Doris; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1996
Germany in 1979, 1985/86 and 1991/92. The applicability has decreased remarkably between 1979 and 1991/92. The objective of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011620781
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Die Struktur der Einkommensunterschiede in Ost- und Westdeutschland ein Jahr nach der Vereinigung
Geib, Thorsten; Lechner, Michael; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; … - 1992
Bei der Vereinheitlichung der Lebensverhältnisse in Ost- und Westdeutschland spielen die Arbeitseinkommen eine zentrale Rolle. Nach der Übernahme des westdeutschen Tarifsystems werden auch in Ostdeutschland die Arbeitseinkommen durch Tarifverhandlungen von Arbeitnehmer- und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621702
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Testing for state dependence effects in a dynamic model of male unemployment behaviour
Flaig, Gebhard; Licht, Georg; Steiner, Viktor - 1993
A dynamic random effects probit model is estimated on the first six waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel to test for state dependence effects in male unemployment behaviour. Estimation of the model is based on the marginal likelihood approach. In the model an individual's unemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622569
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Assimilation, labour market experience, and earnings profiles of temporary and permanent immigrant workers in Germany
Licht, Georg; Steiner, Viktor - 1993
Germany which allows us to control for unobserved population heterogeneity and potential selectivity bias arising from an …-worker system we use information on an immigrant's expected duration of stay in Germany to distinguish between temporary and … of stay. We find that years of schooling in Germany have a strong positive effect on earnings, that earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622739
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Re-migration behaviour and expected duration of stay of guest-workers in Germany
Steiner, Viktor; Velling, Johannes - 1992
We analyze guest-workers' expected duration of stay in Germany within an econometric model taking into account the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622817