Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences between immigrants by source country. Non-western immigrants never reach parity with native Dutch. Even second generation immigrants never fully catch up. Caribbean immigrants,...

This paper estimates the impact of training incidence and duration on employment transitions accounting for the endogeneity of program participation and duration. We specify a very flexible bivariate random effects probit model for employment and training participation and we use Bayesian Markov...

The German dual apprenticeship system came under pressure in recent years because enterprises were not willing to offer a sufficient number of apprenticeship positions. A frequently made argument is that the gap could be closed if more firms would be willing to incur net costs during the...

This paper analyses the risk of unemployment, unemployment duration and the risk of long-term unemployment immediately after apprenticeship graduation. Unemployed apprenticeship graduates constitute a large share of unemployed youth in Germany but unemployment incidence within this group is...

This paper investigates the short-term costs and benefits of apprenticeship training in Germany. It calls into question the popular stylised fact that apprenticeship training always leads to net costs during the apprenticeship period. We analyse the impact of the proportion of different...

Small average wage effects of employer and/or occupation changes mask large differences between occupation groups and apprentices with different schooling back-grounds. Apprentices in commerce and trading occupations strongly profit from an employer change. Employer and occupation changers in...

Die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung von Messen ergibt sich nicht nur aus absatzwirtschaftlich motivierten Überlegungen der Unternehmen als Aussteller und Besucher. Sie sind auch für die betreffenden Wirtschaftsräume der Messestandorte von erheblicher Bedeutung, treten doch Messeaussteller,...

Mit ihren rund 3,8 Millionen Beschäftigten ist die Metall- und Elektroindustrie (M+E-Industrie) die größte Industriebranche in Deutschland. Davon waren 2015 allein mehr als 700 000 Personen in mehr als 5 700 Betrieben in Nordrhein-Westfalen tätig. Die Produktion in der...

Im Auftrag der Messe Düsseldorf GmbH und des Tochterunternehmens Düsseldorf Congress Sport & Event GmbH (DCSE) führte das ifo Institut eine Studie zu den wirtschaftlichen Wirkungen der Messen auf dem Düsseldorfer Messegelände sowie der sonstigen Veranstaltungen der DCSE für die Stadt...