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Älter, hörbeeinträchtigt und... erwerbstätig!
Weber, Andreas; Weber, Ulrike - In: Journal for labour market research 48 (2015) 3, pp. 263-270
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Can working conditions explain the return-to-entrepreneurship puzzle?
Lechmann, Daniel S. J. - In: Journal for labour market research 48 (2015) 4, pp. 271-286
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Does self-employment really raise job satisfaction? : adaptation and anticipation effects on self-employment and general job changes
Hanglberger, Dominik; Merz, Joachim - In: Journal for labour market research 48 (2015) 4, pp. 287-303
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Collusive upward gasoline price movements in medium-sized German cities
Neukirch, Arne; Wein, Thomas - 2016
Do we have effective competition between the gasoline's big five oligopolists (Aral, Shell, Esso, Total and Jet) and fringe gasoline stations? Using 2014 Market Transparency price data from 66 cities with populations between 60,000 and 100,000, we analyze which brands lead price increases, the...
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Export scope and characteristics of destination countries : evidence from German transaction data
Wagner, Joachim - 2019 - [This version: May 7, 2019]
This paper uses information on export transactions by German firms from 2011 to document the role of characteristics of destination countries for export scope, where export scope is defined as the number of different products a firm exports to a destination market. It demonstrates that in line...
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Trade dynamics and trade costs : first evidence from the exporter and importer dynamics database for Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2015 - This version: October 21, 2015
This note uses the newly available Exporter and Importer Dynamics Database for Germany to investigate the links between trade dynamics and trade costs. It shows results for the dynamics of Germany’s goods trade as a whole, and for trade with two of the most important partner countries, namely...
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Qualifikatorisches (Mis)matching und die Ausnutzung von fachlichen Kenntnissen und Fähigkeiten von Erwerbstätigen in Deutschland : zur Bedeutung von Personen- und Arbeitsplatzmerkm...
Rohrbach-Schmidt, Daniela; Tiemann, Michael - In: Journal for labour market research 49 (2016) 2, pp. 99-119
Deutschland. Wir nutzen die BIBB/BAuA-Erwerbstätigenbefragung 2006, um zwei verschiedene Maße des Matchings zwischen … untersuchen weiterhin die mit fehlqualifizierter Beschäftigung verbundenen Lohneinbußen in Deutschland und berücksichtigen dabei … zeigen, dass große Anteile der formal Über- oder Unterqualifizierten in Deutschland fachliche Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse …
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Using the job requirements approach and matched employer-employee data to investigate the content of individuals’ human capital
Mañé, Ferran; Miravet, Daniel - In: Journal for labour market research 49 (2016) 2, pp. 133-155
The aim of this paper is to measure the returns to human capital. We use a unique data set consisting of matched employer-employee information. Data on individuals’ human capital include a set of 26 tasks that capture the utilization of workers’ skills in a very detailed way. Thus, we can...
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Overqualification of graduates : assessing the role of family background
Erdsiek, Daniel - In: Journal for labour market research 49 (2016) 3, pp. 253-268
Overqualification signals a mismatch between jobs’ educational requirements and workers’ qualifications implying potential productivity losses at the macro and the micro level. This study explores how the family background of German graduates affects the probability to hold a job that does...
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Educational (mis)match and skill utilization in Germany : assessing the role of worker and job characteristics
Rohrbach-Schmidt, Daniela; Tiemann, Michael - In: Journal for labour market research 49 (2016) 2, pp. 99-119
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638345