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The role of global value chains for worker tasks and wage inequality
Lewandowski, Piotr; Madoń, Karol; Winkler, Deborah - 2023
This paper studies the relationship between global value chain (GVC) participation, worker-level routine task intensity, and wage inequality within countries. Using unique survey data from 38 countries, we find that higher GVC participation is associated with more routine-intensive work,...
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Coworker networks and the role of occupations in job finding
Gyetvai, Attila; Zhu, Maria - 2021
Which former coworkers help displaced workers find jobs? We answer this question by studying occupational similarity in job finding networks. Using matched employer-employee data from Hungary, this paper relates the unemployment duration of displaced workers to the employment rate of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012601169
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Teamwork and intra-firm wage dispersion among blue-collar workers
Jirjahn, Uwe (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2008
Using data on a sample of manufacturing establishments in Germany, we find that the use of self-managed teams is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652704
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Capital deepening and wage differentials : Germany vs. US
Koeniger, Winfried (contributor);  … - 2006
workers in Germany, firms have incentives to invest relatively more into capital equipment complementary to unskilled workers … evidence consistent with this view based on an industry panel for West Germany and the US between the 1970s and 1990s. We show … that capital equipment per worker is less positively associated with the wage differential in West Germany than in the US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003304679
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Can a task-based approach explain the recent changes in the German wage structure?
Antonczyk, Dirk; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2009
analysis builds on the task-based approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as implemented by Spitz-Oener (2006) for Germany … of wage inequality in Germany. -- Wage inequality ; occupations ; tasks ; skill biased technical change ; polarization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824215
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EU enlargement under continued mobility restrictions : consequences for the German labor market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
the German labor market since EU enlargement. Unlike other EU countries, Germany has not immediately opened up its labor … immigrants from outside of Europe for low-skilled jobs instead of competing with German natives. While Germany needs high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824777
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Die Wirkung von Mehrfachqualifikationen auf Einkommen und Zufriedenheit - gibt es einen Trade-Off?
Hammen, Anke - In: Journal of business economics : JBE 79 (2009) 12, pp. 1437-1468
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Benefit duration, unemployment duration and job match quality : a regression-discontinuity approach
Caliendo, Marco; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2009
unemployment benefits in Germany, which increases from 12 months to 18 months at the age of 45, to identify the effect of extended …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932248
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Determinants of lifetime unemployment : a micro data analysis with censored quantile regressions
Schmillen, Achim; Möller, Joachim - 2010
The empirical literature on unemployment almost exclusively focuses on the duration of distinct unemployment spells. In contrast, we use a large German administrative micro data set for the time span 1975-2004 to investigate individual lifetime unemployment (defined as the total length of all...
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How general is human capital? : A task-based approach
Gathmann, Christina (contributor);  … - 2007
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