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Exploring the puzzle of human reproduction : register data based evidence from France and Germany

Lipowski, Cäcilia; Wilke, Ralf A.; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2020

analyse and directly compare fertility patterns in two major European economies over a period of 15 years. Strong evidence is … found that opportunity costs play a role in fertility decisions, and for a positive income effect for females with high … earnings. Females in Germany adapt their fertility behaviour more strongly in response to economic incentives than their …

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Computers as stepping stones? : technological change and equality of labor market opportunities

Arntz, Melanie; Lipowski, Cäcilia; Neidhöfer, Guido; … - 2022

This paper analyzes whether technological change improves equality of labor market opportunities by decreasing returns to parental background. We find that in Germany during the 1990s, computerization improved the access to technologyadopting occupations for workers with low-educated parents,...

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Computers as stepping stones? : technological change and equality of labor market opportunities

Arntz, Melanie; Lipowski, Cäcilia; Neidhöfer, Guido; … - 2022

This paper analyzes whether technological change improves equality of labor market opportunities by decreasing returns to parental background. We find that in Germany during the 1990s, computerization improved the access to technology adopting occupations for workers with low-educated parents,...

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Expertise at work : new technologies, new skills, and worker impacts

Lipowski, Cäcilia; Salomons, Anna; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2024

We study how new digital technology reshapes vocational training and skill acquisition and its impact on workers’ careers. We construct a novel database of legally binding training curricula and changes therein, spanning the near universe of vocational training in Germany over five decades,...

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The demand of heterogeneous labour in Germany

Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand - 1997

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Curvature conditions and substitution pattern among capital, energy, materials and heterogeneous labour

Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand - 1999

This study deals with the determinants of factor demand in 27 industries of the manufacturing sector during the period 1978 to 1990. Using a quadratic cost function, six production factors are distinguished : capital, energy, three types of labour and intermediate materials. A parametric test of...

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Workers' skill level and information technology : evidence from German service firms

Falk, Martin; Seim, Katja - 1999

This paperanalyses the link between human capitaland information technology (IT) in the service production process. The analysis is based on 1994 cross-sectional data for 1929 German. Firms drawn from the first wave of the Mannheim Service Innovation Panel (MIP-S). Factor demand functions are...

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The Impact of information technology on high-skilled labour in services: evidence from firm level panel data

Falk, Martin; Seim, Katja - 1999

This paper analyses the link between the high-skilled employment share and the level of investment in information technology (IT) in the service production process. The analysis is based on an unbalanced panel data set for 933 West German firms over the period 1994-1996. To account for firms...

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Technological innovations and the expected demand for skilled labour at the firm level

Falk, Martin - 1999

This paper analyses the link between technological product and processes innovations and expectations about future employment for different types of labour in manufacturing. The empirical model allows for endogeneity of the firm's innovation decision in the labour demand equations. The system of...

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A dynamic heterogeneous labour demand model for German manufacturing

Falk, Martin - 2000

This paper presents an application of the Generalised Error Correction Model (GECM) for heterogeneous factor demands based on the quadratic cost function. Using data for 26 West German manufacturing industries over the period 1976-1995, it turns out that less general specifications such as the...

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