arise once specialized investment is made. Therefore, this paper investigates whether such agreements affect firm …-level investment. Based on the IAB Establishment Panel Survey 2001-2010 our estimates reveal that the adoption of a company-level pact … leads to a higher investment rate than in other firms driven by re-investment. However, the Great Recession has damped this …

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 …

the case of Germany, which has displayed a significantly lower increase in its labour force than its trade partners …

study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and …

similar trend in Germany. Based on comprehensive, long-run administrative data for the years 1975 to 2010, we use a set of … reveal similarities between Germany and the U.S. in terms of some declining fortunes of the young. However, whereas in the U ….S. college educated workers have been affected, the results indicate that in Germany the medium-skilled and low-skilled have been …

This paper uses annual data drawn from the GSOEP to estimate individual earnings risk (labor market risk) in Germany … been rising in West Germany in the 1990s and have remained at elevated levels in the 2000s. In contrast, labor market risk … in East Germany did not rise. These findings are robust to different sample selection criteria and changes in the …

differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …

employment industry and occupational status in Germany from the beginning of World War II to the post-war reconstruction era …

Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low …