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Labor Market Effects of International Outsourcing : How Measurement Matters
Horgos, Daniel - 2008
As regards labor market effects of International Outsourcing, empirical studies have difficulties in confirming … outsourcing indices and applying a panel data estimation of the effects on the within industries' wage gap in Germany, theory and …
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Perceived Job Insecurity, Unemployment Risk and International Trade – A Micro-Level Analysis of Employees in German Service Industries
Lurweg, Maren - 2010
The present paper investigates the impact of international trade on individual labour market outcomes in the German service sector for the period 1995-2006. Combining micro-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and industry-level trade data from input-output tables, we examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143025
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International Trade and Individual Labour Market Perspectives – A Micro-Level Analysis of German Manufacturing Workers
Lurweg, Maren - 2010
This paper studies the impact of international trade on individual labour market outcomes in the German manufacturing sector for the period 1995-2006. Combining micro-level data from the German Socioeconomic Panel and industry-level trade data from input-output tables, we examine the impacts on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143272
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International Outsourcing and Wage Rigidity : A Formal Approach and First Empirical Evidence
Horgos, Daniel - 2009
International Outsourcing effects on labor markets are mostly analyzed within flexible wage settings. Using a modern … analyze microeconomic German panel data, results show that International Outsourcing significantly increases low skilled … International Outsourcing but inflexible labor market institutions instead should be blamed for harming low skilled labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718401
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Losing Work, Moving Away? Regional Mobility after Job Loss
Fackler, Daniel - 2016
Using German survey data, we investigate the relationship between involuntary job loss and regional mobility. Our results show that job loss has a strong positive effect on the propensity to relocate. We also analyze whether the high and persistent earnings losses of displaced workers can in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984015
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Task-Biased Changes of Employment and Remuneration : The Case of Occupations
Kampelmann, Stephan - 2011
Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise into "good" and "bad" jobs. We provide updated evidence that polarisation also occurred in Germany since the mid-1980s until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that...
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The Introduction of a Short-Term Earnings-Related Parental Leave Benefit System and Differential Employment Effects
Bergemann, Annette - 2010
German family policy underwent a reform in 2007, when the new instrument of "Elterngeld" replaced the previous "Erziehungsgeld". The transfer programs differ in various dimensions. We study the effects on the labor supply of young mothers, by comparing behavior before and after the reform. We...
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The Aggregate Effects of the Hartz Reforms in Germany
Hertweck, Matthias S. - 2013
This paper quantifies the impact of the Hartz reforms on matching efficiency, using monthly SOEP gross worker flows (1983-2009). We show that, until the early 2000s, close to 60% of changes in the unemployment rate are due to changes in the inflow rate (job separation). On the contrary, since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088212
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Substantial Labor Market Effects of the Residency Status : How Important Are Initial Conditions at Arrival for Immigrants?
Schuss, Eric - 2018
This paper uses information on the legal status upon arrival to study long-term labor market effects, whereas selection and potential outmigration are taken into account by a large set of methods. I find that immigrants arrived with a job commitment in Germany achieve a long-term income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920503
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The Short-Run Employment Effects of the German Minimum Wage Reform
Caliendo, Marco - 2018
We assess the short-term employment effects of the introduction of a national statutory minimum wage in Germany in 2015. For this purpose, we exploit variation in the regional treatment intensity, assuming that the stronger a minimum wage ‘bites' into the regional wage distribution, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929738