This paper considers training, mobility decisions and wages together to test for the specificity of human capital … contained in continuing training courses. We empirically analyse the relationship between training, mobility and wages in two …, we find that wages are lower for job changers for the group of training participants, so wages decrease when trained …

comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, earn higher wages. However, this positive …

In this paper we analyze the impact of information technology and organizational changes on wages using individual … level data for 1998/1999. The average impact of IT use on wages turns out to be five to six percent, however, the effects … organizational changes in form of higher wages. Outsourcing additionally requires a high qualification of employees in order to …

correlation between continuing vocational training and wages are examined. Results are compared in order to analyse in how far …

employees. With panel data from 1996-2002, I analyse the impact of continuing training on wages and productivity in a Cobb … on both wages and productivity. The effect on productivity is about three times higher than the one on wages. High …

the macroeconomic level, we draw special attention to the important distinction between product and consumption wages … changes in the distribution of hourly wages between 1990 and 1997 and analyze the economic factors determining these changes …