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Qualifikationsanforderungen und Arbeitsformen in der Neuen Ökonomie
Christensen, Björn - 2001
Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die Auswirkungen der Neuen Ökonomie auf den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Neue … Flexibilität des deutschen Ausbildungssystems abhängt. Der expandierende Markt der Zeitarbeit in Deutschland ist ein klares Indiz … market of temporary work in Germany is a clear sign of an increasing demand on flexible manpower use. Nevertheless, growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476242
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How competitive is Europe's labor?
Siebert, Horst - 1999
Europe’s labor is not competitiveness taking unemployment as the relevant indicator. The paper looks at other indicators such as job creation, productivity and unit labor costs and skills. It analyzes the reasons for the lack of competitiveness including a low degree of wage differentiation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011495318
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Venture capital contracts : a survey of the recent literature
Schertler, Andrea - 2000
This paper surveys empirical and theoretical studies of various control mechanisms embedded in venture capital contracts. These mechanisms mitigate incentive problems and opportunistic behavior arising in the uncertain environment of financing young hightechnology enterprises that predominantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473815
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Labour supply and labour force participation in Europe : a discussion of some recent developments and projections
Chagny, Odile; Döpke, Jörg; Plane, Mathieu; Schmidt, … - 2001
The prospects for labour supply in Europe are considered. The analysis begins with a so-called labour market balance covering the development on an aggregate level. Estimations to shed light on the relation between unemployment and labour force participation are given in the second part of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473881
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The determinants of reservation wages in Germany : does a motivation gap exist?
Christensen, Björn - 2001
-static reservation wages using panel data from Germany from 1987 to 1998. The results suggest that reservation wages are relatively high … in Germany compared to other countries. Furthermore, pooled regression results show that most recent wages and personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474420
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Reservation wages, offered wages, and unemployment duration : new empirical evidence
Christensen, Björn - 2002
This paper studies the reservation wages of unemployed persons and the wages offered them in Germany from 1987 to 1998 …
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Keynesian and monetarist views on the German unemployment problem : theory and evidence
Gottschalk, Jan - 2002
Persistently high unemployment rates in Germany have led to a long-running controversy on the causes of the … explores empirically their implications for the explanation of high un­em­ploy­ment in Germany using a structural vector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474695
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The impact of international outsourcing on the skill structure of employment : empirical evidence from German manufacturing industries
Diehl, Markus - 1999
In recent publications it has been argued that the change of the skill structure of industrial employment is caused by biased technical progress rather than by increasing international trade with low wage countries. However, in linking prices for final goods with prices of primary factors, most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475742
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Sozialhilfe, Lohnabstand, Leistungsanreize und Mindestlohnarbeitslosigkeit
Boss, Alfred - 2001
private households in Germany. In 2001, the difference is small for households consisting of at least three persons. For three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011495535
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Offshoring, wages and job security of temporary workers
Görg, Holger; Görlich, Dennis - 2012
We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular attention to the question of whether workers on temporary contracts are affected differently than workers on permanent contracts. Data are taken from the German Socio-Economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009624375