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Unemployment durations in West-Germany before and after the reform of the unemployment compensation system during the 1980s

Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001999187

License expenditures of incumbents and potential entrants : an empirical analysis of firm behavior

Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2005

This paper presents the results of an empirical test concerning the auction model of Gilbert and Newbery (1982). The study uses data on German companies in order to analyze expenditures for technology licenses. Aside of standard control variables the motives for innovation expenditures are also...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002822031

Capital control, debt financing and innovative activity

Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002368257

Unemployment, labor market transitions, and residual wage dispersion

Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); … - 2005

It is commonplace in the debate on Germany’s labor market problems to argue that high unemployment and low wage dispersion are related. This paper analyses the relationship between unemployment and residual wage dispersion for individuals with comparable attributes. In the conventional...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002590960

Imputation rules to improve the education variable in the IAB employment subsample

Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); … - 2005

The education variable in the IAB employment subsample has two shortcomings: missing values and inconsistencies with the reporting rule. We propose several deductive imputation procedures to improve the variable. They mainly use the multiple education information available in the data because...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002591088

Der Zugang von Arbeitnehmern in den Bezug von Arbeitslosengeld II

Aldashev, Alisher; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2009

Diese Arbeit untersucht die erwerbsfÄahig eingestuften Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II, die mindestens einmal Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 bezogen haben. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass 16% der Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 während des Zeitraums 2000...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003888025

Rising wage inequality, the decline of collective bargaining, and the gender wage gap

Antonczyk, Dirk; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin - 2010

This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of the gender wage gap in West Germany between 2001 and 2006. Based on detailed linked employer-employee data, we show that wage inequality is rising strongly – driven not only by...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003946241

Polarization and rising wage inequality : comparing the U.S. and Germany

Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010

This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz (1995) to separate age, time, and cohort effects. Between 1979 and 2004, wage inequality increased strongly in both the U.S. and Germany but there were various country specific...

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The heterogeneous effects of training incidence and duration on labor market transitions

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Paul, Marie - 2010

Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und in vielen … Beschäftigungssuche ab, denn in Deutschland können dem Arbeitslosen zu jedem Zeitpunkt Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen zugewiesen werden …. Wir evaluieren ein wichtiges Programm der beruflichen Weiterbildung in Deutschland (Förderung der beruflichen …

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Up or out: research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2012

Academic careers in Germany have been under debate for a while. We conduct a survey among postdocs in Germany, to analyze the perceptions and attitudes of postdocs regarding their research incentives, their working conditions, and their career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510058