Globalization and the growing integration of national markets have had profound effects on the operation of markets, not least labour markets. In this book, a range of leading commentators on globalization and labour markets present original contribution on the interaction between these two...

Durch die Umstrukturierungen und Neuausrichtungen zahlreicher Unternehmen, insbesondere im Zuge der Digitalisierung und Globalisierung, hat sich der Arbeitsalltag von Führungskräften und leitenden Angestellten drastisch verändert. Der enorme Anpassungsdruck hat direkte Auswirkungen auf die...

Compensation fairness is a universal preoccupation in today’s workplace, from whispers around the water cooler to kabuki in the C-suite. Gender discrimination takes center stage in discussions of internal pay equity, but many other protected characteristics may be invoked as grounds for...

Die Frage nach der Bedeutung und Ausgestaltung monetärer Anreize beschäftigt seit Jahrzehnten Wissenschaftler und Unternehmer gleichermaßen, gilt Geld doch als eines der wichtigsten Motivationsinstrumente für Mitarbeiter. Andreas Hack bietet dem Leser einen umfassenden Überblick über die...

"German and European immigration policies have only recently begun to cope with the inevitable: growing labor demand in the face of high unemployment and a shrinking labor force due to demographic change. Despite the implementation of Germany's first immigration act and several European...

This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of continuing vocational training in Germany. Specific issues concerning continuing training that are debated in academia as well as in public are discussed. Wage and productivity effects of training are analyzed, explicitly accounting for the...