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Skill mismatch in equilibrium unemployment
Bachmann, Ronald (contributor) - 2005
We analyse the effect of skill mismatch in a search model of equilibrium unemployment with risk-neutral agents, endogenous job destruction, and two-sided ex-ante heterogeneity. First, we examine the interaction of labour market institutions and skill mismatch. We find that skill mismatch changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003148218
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The impact of ICT investments on the relative demand for high-medium-, and low-skilled workers : industry versus country analysis
Schneider, Dorothee - 2010
In this paper I analyze the effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on compensation shares of high-, medium-, and low-skilled workers. Com- pared to other studies, I investigate this question using a considerably richer data set with respect to the length of time series, set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003953009
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The impact of a negative labor demand shock on fertility : evidence from the fall of the Berlin Wall
Liepmann, Hannah - 2016
How does a negative labor demand shock impact individual-level fertility? I analyze this question in the context of the East German fertility decline after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Exploiting di erential pressure for restructuring across industries, I nd that throughout the 1990s,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011550320
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Changes in occupational demand structure and their impact on individual wages
Fedorets, Alexandra - 2011
This paper estimates wage losses arising due to changes in the structure of demand for occupations. The data on occupational changes made for the sake of adjustment to the changes in the demand structure come from the German reunification of 1990. Endogenous occupational changes are instrumented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379528
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003815242
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Trade liberalisation, process and product innovation, and relative skill demand
Braun, Sebastian (contributor) - 2007
The interaction between trade liberalisation, product and process innovation, and relative skill demand is analysed in a model of international oligopoly. Lower trading barriers increase the degree of foreign competition. The competing enterprises respond by investing more aggres- sively in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003402836
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Telling the truth may not pay off : an empirical study of centralised university admissions in Germany
Braun, Sebastian (contributor); Dwenger, Nadja (contributor) - 2007
We investigate the matching algorithm used by the German central clearinghouse for university admissions (ZVS) in … criteria applied for admission they all make use of priority matching. In priority matching schemes, it is not a dominant … applicants, we are able to detect some amount of strategic behaviour which can lead to inefficient matching. Alternative ways to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635151
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The impact of international outsourcing on labour market dynamics in Germany
Bachmann, Ronald (contributor); Braun, Sebastian (contributor) - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641609
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Can education save Europe from high unemployment?
Walter, Nicole (contributor); Xie, Runli (contributor) - 2008
model with search-and-matching frictions, collective bargaining and monopolistic competition in the product market. Workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003727509
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The law of attraction bilateral search and horizontal heterogeneity
Hofmann, Dirk; Qari, Salmai - 2011
We study a matching model with heterogeneous agents, nontransferable utility and search frictions. Agents differ along … specifications can be treated as a case of horizontal heterogeneity only. -- Matching ; Horizontal Differentiation ; Marriage Markets …
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