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Regional discontinuities and the effectiveness of further training subsidies for low-skilled employees
Dauth, Christine - 2017
I analyze the effects of further training subsidies for low-skilled employees on individual labor market outcomes in Germany for the period from 2007 to 2012. Using detailed administrative data, I exploit cross-regional variation in the conditional policy styles of local employment agencies and...
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Trade and qualification : linking qualification needs to Germany's export flows
Mönnig, Anke; Zika, Gerd; Maier, Tobias - 2013
Foreign markets determine success and failure of those industries that have become reliant on foreign demand, impair the demand for employment and invoke changes in occupational fields and qualification requirements. This paper aims to disclose the direct and indirect influence of major trading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009752731
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Exports, agglomeration and workforce diversity : an empirical assessment for German establishments
Brunow, Stephan; Grünwald, Luise - 2015
Theoretical and empirical contributions on export behavior highlight the importance of firms' productivity and their … levels of economies of scale on firms' export success in "foreign" markets. In the context of agglomeration economies, firms … interaction of distinct knowledge and related problem-solving abilities increases productivity and secures export success. In this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467081
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A note on export redirection : evidence following the onset of the war in Ukraine
Hutter, Christian; Stepanok, Ignat; Weber, Enzo - 2023
: domestic, eurozone, and the rest of the world (ROW). In a panel model of German industries, we find that higher export exposure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014288855
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The hidden winners of renewable energy promotion : insights into sector-specific wage differentials
Antoni, Manfred; Janser, Markus; Lehmer, Florian - 2014
In light of Germany´s transition approaches towards a sustainable energy system this paper examines differences of employment structure and wage differentials between renewable energy establishments and their sector peers. To do so, we have developed a novel data set by linking company-level...
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Regional age structure and young workers' wages
Garloff, Alfred; Roth, Duncan - 2016
This paper estimates the effect that changes in the size of the youth population have on the wages of young workers. Assuming that differently aged workers are only imperfectly substitutable, economic theory predicts that individuals in larger age groups earn lower wages. We test this hypothesis...
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History dependence in wages and cyclical selection : evidence from Germany
Bauer, Anja; Lochner, Benjamin - 2016
Using administrative data from Germany, this paper analyzes the relation between wages and past and current labor market conditions. Specifically, it explores whether the data is more consistent with implicit contract models (Beaudry/DiNardo, 1991) or a matching model with on-the-job search and...
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Wages of migrant and native employees in Germany : new light on an old issue
Brunow, Stephan; Jost, Oskar - 2019
The German workforce is expected to decline in future and labour-oriented immigration should counteract labour shortages. Fair wages in Germany set incentives for foreigners to immigrate there. Therefore this paper aims to shed new light on the decomposition of the wage gap between foreign and...
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Wages in high-tech start-ups : do academic spin-offs pay a wage premium?
Dorner, Matthias; Fryges, Helmut; Schopen, Kathrin - 2015
ausgebildete Arbeitskräfte auf dem externen Arbeitsmarkt zu attrahieren und diese im Unternehmen zu halten. Theoretische Studien zu …
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Parental leave reform and long-run earnings of mothers
Frodermann, Corinna; Wrohlich, Katharina; Zucco, Aline - 2020
ihre Tageslöhne erhöht hat. Für Mütter mit einem geringen Lohn vor der Geburt finden wir jedoch keinerlei positive Effekte …
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