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Outsourcing of services, imported materials and the demand for heterogeneous labour : an application of a generalised Box-Cox function
Falk, Martin - 2000
for different skills in the manufacturing sector. We derive and estimate a factor demand system based on the generalised …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428348
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The labor demand effects of refugee immigration : evidence from a natural experiment
Berbée, Paul; Brücker, Herbert; Garloff, Alfred; … - 2022
: As the number of recently arrived refugees and thus the demand for locally produced goods increases, local employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013475171
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Impacts of outsourcing on wage : new evidence for the Brazilian debate
Campos, André Gambier - 2016
This article brings empirical evidence for outsourcing debate in Brazil. This evidence is the result of a new methodology, which uses new microdata, recently released by the Ministry of Labour. With this methodology, it is possible to gather information about: i) 3,10 million employees with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059887
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The impact of new technologies on the demand for heterogenous labour : empirical evidence from the German business-related services sector
Kaiser, Ulrich - 1998
main reason for the decline in relative demand for low skilled labor. While most analyses focus on manufacturing industries … five different skill groups. The micro-level data also allow the analysis of shifting employment patterns for a single …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621722
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The demand of heterogeneous labour in Germany
Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 1997
In this paper, four commonly provided explanations for the shift in labour demand for different skill groups are investigated: the substitutability of inputs; the own-price sensitivity for different types of labour; the effect of economic growth and the impact of technological change. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622045
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Relative earnings and the demand for unskilled labor in West German manufacturing
Steiner, Viktor - 1997
We analyze the economic factors which have contributed to the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled … labor in German manufacturing, in particular the role played by the relatively rigid earnings structure. Potential effects … of intensified international competition and skillbiased technological change on the relative employment and earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428100
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The demand of heterogeneous labour in Germany
Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428115
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428211
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428283