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The heterogeneous effects of training incidence and duration on labor market transitions

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Paul, Marie - 2010

Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und in vielen … Beschäftigungssuche ab, denn in Deutschland können dem Arbeitslosen zu jedem Zeitpunkt Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen zugewiesen werden …. Wir evaluieren ein wichtiges Programm der beruflichen Weiterbildung in Deutschland (Förderung der beruflichen …

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Do spillovers stimulate incremental or drastic product innovations? : evidence from German establishment data

Jirjahn, Uwe; Kraft, Kornelius - In: Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics 73 (2011) 4, pp. 509-538

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Peer effects and academics’ industry involvement : the moderating role of age on professional imprinting

Aschhoff, Birgit; Grimpe, Christoph - 2012

This study explores the interaction between professional imprinting and age in the context of industry-science collaboration. Specifically, we examine the impact of localized and personal peer effects on academics’ involvement with industry and how these effects are moderated by the career age...

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Up or out: research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2012

Academic careers in Germany have been under debate for a while. We conduct a survey among postdocs in Germany, to analyze the perceptions and attitudes of postdocs regarding their research incentives, their working conditions, and their career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of...

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Causal effects on employment after first birth : a dynamic treatment approach

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin; Steffes, Susanne - 2013

The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for the case of Germany, a country with a long maternity...

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Employment and earnings effects of awarding training vouchers in Germany

Doerr, Annabelle; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kruppe, Thomas; … - 2014

In 2003, Germany moved from a system in which participants in training programs for the unemployed are assigned by caseworkers to an allocation system using vouchers. Based on the rich administrative data for all vouchers and on actual program participation, we provide inverse probability...

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Skill formation, career planning, and transitions : the last two years in a German lower track secondary school

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie - 2014

In Germany, the entry into the labor market for students in the nonacademic tracks of secondary schools may take multiple pathways. Students graduating from lower track secondary schools (LTSS) face major problems in school-towork transitions, prompting the provision of intensive career guidance...

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Return-to-job during and after maternity leave

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Steffes, Susanne; Strittmatter, Anthony - 2010

This paper studies the return-to-job of female employees after first birth based on exceptional longitudinal data from personnel records of a large German company. Given a very long maternity leave coverage, we investigate to what extent data available to management allow to predict the...

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New insights into unemployment duration and post unemployment earnings in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wilke, Ralf A. - In: Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics 72 (2010) 6, pp. 794-826

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Dips and floors in workplace training : using personnel records to estimate gender differences

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Mühler, Grit - 2011

Using personnel records from a single large German firm in the financial industry, this paper provides detailed evidence on the effect of age and the supervisor's gender on gender differences in workplace training, holding constant various workplace characteristics. We implement an age-specific...

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