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Seniority and job stability : a quantile regression approach using matched employer-employee data
Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor);  … - 2007
Germany. Our results give some support to the job matching model: individuals with a high risk of being bad matches exhibit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003447751
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Which personnel measures are effective in increasing productivity of old workers?
Goebel, Christian; Zwick, Thomas - 2010
of age-productivity profiles. -- Ageing workforce ; age-productivity-profile ; personnel management ; HRM …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660516
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The use of flexible working contracts in West Germany : evidence from an establishment panel
Boockmann, Bernhard; Hagen, Tobias - 2001
This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446246
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Measuring the use of human resources practices and employee attitudes : the linked personnel panel
Kampkötter, Patrick; Mohrenweiser, Jens; Sliwka, Dirk; … - 2015
Panel (LPP). The LPP is a longitudinal and representative employer-employee data set covering establishments in Germany and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374083
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Gender wage gap in West Germany : how far do gender differences in human capital matter?
Lauer, Charlotte - 2000
This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining the observable wage differential in favour of men and its reduction since the mid-eighties among West German full-time employees in the private sector. Based on a simple analytical framework, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443908
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Heterogeneous labour markets in a microsimulation-AGE model : application to welfare reform in Germany
Boeters, Stefan (contributor); Feil, Michael (contributor) - 2009
Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873325
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Heterogeneous labour markets in a microsimulation-AGE model : application to welfare reform in Germany
Boeters, Stefan (contributor); Feil, Michael (contributor) - 2008
Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728424
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Formelle und informelle berufliche Weiterbildung und Verdienst bei Arbeitnehmern und Selbständigen
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reize, Frank - 2000
Investitionen in Weiterbildung werden typischerweise durch die erwartete Zunahme individueller Fähigkeiten motiviert. In dieser Arbeit wird untersucht, von welchen sozio-ökonomischen und beruflichen Merkmalen die Teilnahme an formeller und informeller beruflicher Weiterbildung abhängt, und...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011443509
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Small firm innovation performance and employee involvement
Andries, Petra; Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2012
It is known that small firms rely mainly on the CEO’s individual knowledge for developing innovations. Recent work suggests that this approach is inefficient since it underutilizes other employees’ knowledge. We study to which extent using CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees’ ideas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009509658
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Older workers and the adoption of new technologies
Meyer, Jenny (contributor) - 2007
between the age structure of the workforce and the probability of adopting new technologies. The results show that firms with … a higher share of younger employees are more likely to adopt new technologies and the older the workforce the less … likely is the adoption of new technologies. Furthermore the results exhibit that the age structure of the workforce should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003528820