Die Verlagerung der Bochumer Produktion des Handyherstellers Nokia nach Rumänien hat in der Öffentlichkeit für erhebliches Aufsehen gesorgt.Die Ausarbeitung, die auf einem Gutachtenauftrag beruht, untersucht normativ unter Einbeziehung der Faktenlage, wie zeit- und kostenaufwändig eine...

We reconsider the potential for explaining inter-industry wage differences by decomposing those differences into parts due to individual and employer heterogeneity, respectively. Using longitudinally linked employer-employee data, we estimate the model for the United States and France. The part...

This paper explores the links between individuals' early career experiences and their labor market outcomes 5 to 20 years later using data from France, (western) Germany, and the United States. Relative to most of the literature, we consider a large set of measures of men's early career...