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The impact of a negative labor demand shock on fertility : evidence from the fall of the Berlin Wall

Liepmann, Hannah - 2018

How does a negative labor demand shock impact fertility? I analyze this question in the context of the East German … fertility decline after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I exploit differential pressure for restructuring across East …, women more severely impacted by the demand shock had relatively more children than their less-severely-impacted counterparts …

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Wage divergence and unemployment : the impact of insider power and training costs

Muysken, Joan - 2000

The US labour market is characterized by a high skill wage mark-up and low unemployment, while the German labour market has a low skill wage mark-up and a high, mainly unskilled unemployment rate. This paper adds an innovative labour supply explanation to the discussion how these distinct labour...

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Does regional training supply determine employees’ training participation?

Görlitz, Katja; Rzepka, Sylvi - 2014 - Version: March 2014

Using data from the National Educational Panel Study of 2009/2010, this paper investigates the relationship between regional training supply and employees ́training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local unemployment rate, the educational level, the population...

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The pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns to voucher-financed training

Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2015

This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in training, but did not do so because of a random...

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Labor shortage and innovation

Horbach, Jens; Rammer, Christian - 2020

Skilled labor is a key input to the innovation process. A shortage in supply of skilled labor may hence impede innovation activities, resulting in lower productivity gains. While governments are concerned about these likely negative impacts, there is only limited empirical evidence whether and...

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Skills, signals, and employability : an experimental investigation

Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Simon, Lisa; … - 2018

As skills of labor-market entrants are usually not directly observed by employers, individuals acquire skill signals. To study which signals are valued by employers, we simultaneously and independently randomize a broad range of skill signals on pairs of resumes of fictitious applicants among...

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Automatability of occupations, workers' labor-market expectations, and willingness to train

Lergetporer, Philipp; Wedel, Katharina; Werner, Katharina - 2023

We study how beliefs about the automatability of workers' occupation affect labor-market expectations and willingness to participate in further training. In our representative online survey, respondents on average underestimate the automation risk of their occupation, especially those in...

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Berufliche Weiterbildung und Existenzgründung

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1999

This study investigates the determinants of self-employment and the effects of continuous vocational training among new self-employed and job movers. The analysis is based on a cross section of individual data for West Germany in 1991/92 covering vocational training and firm foundation through...

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The impact of training on earnings : differences between participant groups and training forms

Kuckulenz, Anja; Zwick, Thomas - 2003

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Human capital and innovation in East and West German manufacturing firms

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1997

The paper analyses the theoretical and empirical relationship between employment, skill structure and innovation in East and West German manufacturing firms. The econometric part builds on firm data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel 1993, 1994 and 1995. In the German industrial sector,...

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