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The importance of two-sided heterogeneity for the cyclicality of labour market dynamics

Bachmann, Ronald; David, Peggy - 2009

Using two data sets derived from German administrative data, including a linked employer-employee data set, we investigate the cyclicality of worker and job flows.The analysis stresses the importance of two-sided labour market heterogeneity in this context, taking into account both observed and...

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Labor force status dynamics in the German labor market : individual heterogeneity and cyclical sensitivity

Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2009

between the three core labor force states, employment, unemployment, and inactivity. The dynamics of these transitions depend …The aggregate average unemployment rate in a given country is essentially the result of individual workers' transitions … unemployment rates is more sensitive to cyclical behavior for certain demographic groups, specifically unskilled and young workers …

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Biased expectations and labor market outcomes : evidence from German survey data and implications for the East-West wage gap

Balleer, Almut; Duernecker, Georg; Forstner, Susanne; … - 2024

We measure individual bias in labor market expectations in German survey data and find that workers on average significantly overestimate their individual probabilities to separate from their job when employed as well to find a job when unemployed. These biases vary significantly between...

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Does marginal employment substitute regular employment? : a heterogeneous dynamic labor demand approach for Germany

Jacobi, Lena (contributor); Schaffner, Sandra (contributor) - 2008

In Germany we observe a decline in regular employment and an increase in atypical forms of employment. Especially marginal part-time employment which is characterized by lower tax rates and lower social security contributions increased substantially after a reform in 2003 made this type of...

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Women's fertility and employment decisions under two political systems : comparing East and West Germany before reunification

Bredtmann, Julia; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra - 2009

Over the last decades fertility rates have decreased in most developed countries, while female labour force participation has increased strongly over the same time period. To shed light on the relationship between women's fertility and employment decisions, we analyse their transitions to the...

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Immigration and structural change : evidence from post-war Germany

Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2012

Does immigration accelerate sectoral change towards high-productivity sectors? This paper uses the mass displacement of ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II as a natural experiment to study this question. A simple two-sector model of the economy, in which moving...

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Obesity, weight loss, and employment prospects : evidence from a randomized trial

Reichert, Arndt R. - 2012

This study presents credible estimates for the causal effect of a variation in obesity on employment. By exploring random assignment of a weight loss intervention based on monetary rewards, I provide convincing evidence that weight loss positively affects the employment prospects of obese women...

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Cohort size effects on wages, working status, and work time

Okoampah, Sarah - 2016

time is considered rather than contractual work time. It is argued that the restrictive labor market institutions in place …

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International trade and worker turnover : empirical evidence for Germany

Baumgarten, Daniel - 2010

Using a linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper studies how worker turnover is related to establishments‘ international trade involvement. The descriptive analysis shows that trading establishments have lower worker turnover rates than non-traders, suggesting a higher degree...

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Technological progress, occupational structure and gender gaps in the German labour market

Bachmann, Ronald; Gonschor, Myrielle - 2022

We analyze if technological progress and the corresponding change in the occupational structure have improved the relative position of women in the labour market. We show that the share of women rises most strongly in non-routine cognitive and manual occupations, but declines in routine...

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