Although the cyclical aspects of worker reallocation are investigated in numerous studies, only scarce empirical evidence exists for Germany. Kluve, Schaffner, and Schmidt (2009) emphasize the heterogeneity of cyclical influences for different subgroups of workers, defined by age, gender and...

Using an administrative data set containing daily information on individual workers' employment histories, we investigate how workers' labour market transitions are affected by international outsourcing. In order to do so, we estimate hazard rate models for match separations, as well as for...

Using a linked employer-employee data set on the German construction industry, we analyse the effects of the introduction of minimum wages in this sector on labour market dynamics at the establishment level, i.e. turnover and churning flows, as well as accessions and separations and their...

We examine occupational mobility and its link to wage mobility across a large number of EU countries using worker-level micro data. In doing so, we document the extent, the individual-level determinants and the consequences of occupational mobility in terms of wage outcomes and structural change...

The past four decades have witnessed dramatic changes in the structure of employment. In particular, the rapid increase in computational power has led to large-scale reductions in employment in jobs that can be described as intensive in routine tasks. These jobs have been shown to be...

We investigate the effects of long-distance moves of married couples on both spouses' earnings, employment and job characteristics based on a new administrative dataset from Germany. Employing difference-in-difference propensity score matching and accounting for spouses' premove employment...

Das ifo Institut befragte im ersten Quartal 2010 Personalleiter von etwa 1 000 Unternehmen zu ihren Planungen hinsichtlich der Kurzarbeit für das laufende Jahr. Die Umfrageergebnisse zeigen, dass bei einem Großteil der Firmen die derzeit kurzarbeitenden Angestellten auch in Zukunft im...

Der auf der Geschäftslage und den Geschäftserwartungen der Leasinggesellschaften basierende Investitionsindikator, den das ifo Institut und der Bundesverband Deutscher Leasing-Unternehmen gemeinsam ermitteln, signalisiert für das Jahr 2018 einen Anstieg der Ausrüstungsinvestitionen von...

Sichere, effiziente und innovative Logistikdienstleistungen gelten als Grundvoraussetzungen für das erfolgreiche unternehmerische Handeln in einer Vielzahl von Industrien. Die Logistikindustrie äußert oft die Problematik eines hohen Kostendrucks bei gleichzeitig hoher Nachfrage und begrenzt...