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Work-related ability as source of information advantages of training employers
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Wydra-Sommaggio, Gaby; Zwick, Thomas - 2015
This paper addresses the puzzle how employers that invest in general human capital can gain an information advantage with respect to the ability of their employees when training is certified by credible external institutions. We apply an established model from the employer-learning literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314565
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The productivity effects of worker replacement in young firms
Murmann, Martin - 2017
Existing management research has so far dealt with the consequences of labor turnover for established firms, but has …, the productivity effects of worker replacement in young firms. Worker replacement isolates labor turnover due to employee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011611159
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Regional structural change and the effects of job loss
Arntz, Melanie; Ivanov, Boris; Pohlan, Laura - 2022
' careers if this decline is particularly severe in their local labor market? This paper uses administrative data from Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013273907
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Women on the board and executive duration: Evidence for European listed firms
Buchwald, Achim; Hottenrott, Hanna - 2015
The participation of women in top-level corporate boards (or rather the lack of it) is subject to intense public debate. Several countries are considering legally binding quotas to increase the share of women on boards. Indeed, research on board diversity suggests positive effects of gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491290
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How acid are lemons? Adverse selection and signalling for skilled labour market entrants
Wagner, Robert; Zwick, Thomas - 2012
This paper jointly analyses the consequences of adverse selection and signalling on entry wages of skilled employees. It uses German linked employer employee panel data (LIAB) and introduces a measure for relative productivity of skilled job applicants based on apprenticeship wages. It shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308278
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How acid are lemons? Adverse selection and signalling for skilled labour market entrants
Wagner, Robert; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
This paper jointly analyses the consequences of adverse selection and signalling on entry wages of skilled employees. It uses German linked employer employee panel data (LIAB) and introduces a measure for relative productivity of skilled job applicants based on apprenticeship wages. It shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957705
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Women on the board and executive duration: Evidence for European listed firms
Buchwald, Achim; Hottenrott, Hanna - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015
The participation of women in top-level corporate boards (or rather the lack of it) is subject to intense public debate. Several countries are considering legally binding quotas to increase the share of women on boards. Indeed, research on board diversity suggests positive effects of gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203170
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Seniority and Job Stability: A Quantile Regression Approach Using Matched Employer-Employee Data
Boockmann, Bernhard; Steffes, Susanne - 2007
human capital theory or dual labor market approaches. These models may, however, apply to different degrees at different … match-specific rents due to human capital accumulation. The results also suggest that the effects of certain labor market … institutions give rise to dual labor markets. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297882
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Seniority and Job Stability: A Quantile Regression Approach Using Matched Employer-Employee Data
Boockmann, Bernhard; Steffes, Susanne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
human capital theory or dual labor market approaches. These models may, however, apply to different degrees at different … match-specific rents due to human capital accumulation. The results also suggest that the effects of certain labor market … institutions give rise to dual labor markets. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097777
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Human capital creates insider power
Muysken, Joan; Zwick, Thomas - 1999
This paper demonstrates that insiders can erect barriers to entry and skim rents by sinking costs in human capital when labour markets are otherwise perfectly contestable. The sunk costs nature of human capital investments may result from the need to satisfy ever increasing specialised skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297626