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Regional age structure, human capital and innovation : is demographic ageing increasing regional disparities?
Gregory, Terry; Patuelli, Roberto - 2013
Demographic change is expected to affect labour markets in very different ways on a regional scale. The objective of this paper is to explore the spatio-temporal patterns of recent distributional changes in the workers age structure, innovation output and skill composition for German regions by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009784007
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Extended benefit entitlement periods and the duration of unemployment in West Germany
Steiner, Viktor - 1997
Germany, as most other European countries, has been plagued by a persistently high level of long-term unemployment … level of long-term unemployment in Germany relative to the United States? …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440778
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Flexibilität der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur und Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit : eine ökonometrische Analyse für Westdeutschland
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1998
Dieser Beitrag nimmt aus theoretischer und ökonometrischer Sicht zu der Kontroverse über die Bedeutung der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur zur Erklärung der Beschäftigungsstruktur Stellung. Basierend auf einer Einteilung in drei Qualifikationsgruppen zeigt sich empirisch, dass die Entlohnung...
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Industrial change, stability of relative earnings, and substitution of unskilled labor in West-Germany
Steiner, Viktor; Mohr, Robert D. - 1998
We analyze the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in the West German economy, in particular its relation to the relatively rigid earnings structure. We find that the substitution elasticity between unskilled and skilled labor is rather low in most sectors of the economy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441629
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Working-time mismatch and mental health
Otterbach, Steffen; Wooden, Mark; Fok, Yin King - 2016
Nationally representative panel survey data for Germany and Australia are used to investigate the impact of working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482630
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How important is precautionary labor supply?
Jessen, Robin; Rostam-Afschar, Davud; Schmitz, Sebastian - 2016 - This version: June 3, 2016
We quantify the importance of precautionary labor supply using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for 2001-2012. We estimate dynamic labor supply equations augmented with a measure of wage risk. Our results show that married men choose about 2.5% of their hours of work or one week...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509111
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The causal effect of paternal unemployment on children's personality
Angelini, Viola; Bertoni, Marco; Corazzini, Luca - 2015
Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that paternal unemployment has a surprisingly positive causal effect on the "Big 5" personality traits of children aged 17 to 25. In particular, our results from longitudinal value-added models for personality suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376909
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Education and unemployment : a French-German comparison
Lauer, Charlotte - 2003
examines the impact of education on both risk components. France faces a higher unemployment rate than West-Germany, due to a … higher risk of entering unemployment whereas the risk, when unemployed, of not getting reemployed is lower than in Germany … graduates face a higher risk of getting unemployed in Germany than in France. Concerning the reemployment prospects of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448577
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Do fixed-term contracts increase the long-term employment opportunities of the unemployed?
Hagen, Tobias - 2003
The paper investigates whether (unsubsidised) fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are a means of integration for the unemployed in the West German labour market. This is done by analysing whether entering into an FTC improves the employment opportunities of an unemployed person in terms of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448679
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Reforming social welfare in Germany : an applied general equilibrium analysis
Boeters, Stefan; Gürtzgen, Nicole; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2003
This paper analyses the effects of a social assistance reform in Germany. In contrast to studies which are based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448867