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Training, mobility, and wages : specific versus general human capital
Garloff, Alfred (contributor); Kuckulenz, Anja (contributor) - 2005
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 ways. First, we examine the correlation between training...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003268555
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Descriptive evidence on labor market transitions and the wage structure in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor);  … - 2005
structure in Germany. Motivated by search theory, we use the data to explore descriptively labor market transitions and features …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003268564
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Workers, firms, or institutions : what determines job duration for male employees in Germany?
Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor);  … - 2008
We examine job durations of German workers using linked employeremployee data. Our results indicate that exit rates are strongly influenced by firm characteristics. The effects of some of these characteristics, however, are limited to particular job positions or skill groups. There is clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793918
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Unequal pay or unequal employment? : What drives the skill-composition of labor flows in Germany?
Arntz, Melanie; Gregory, Terry; Lehmer, Florian - 2011
This paper examines the determinants of gross labour flows in a context where modeling the migration decision as a wage-maximizing process may be inadequate due to regional wage rigidities that result from central wage bargaining. In such a context, the framework that has been developed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009424119
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The use of flexible working contracts in West Germany : evidence from an establishment panel
Boockmann, Bernhard; Hagen, Tobias - 2001
impact of dismissal protection for permanent workers on the use of flexible working contracts. There is clear evidence that … reducing dismissal protection decreases the demand for fixed-term employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446246
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Jobs. Jobs? Jobs! : Orientierungshilfen für den Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 2000
Die Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit genießt oberste wirtschaftspolitische Priorität - dieser Feststellung wird kaum jemand widersprechen wollen. Eher scheiden sich die Geister an der Frage nach dem "wirklichen" quantitativen Ausmaß der Unterbeschäftigung, ihren Ursachen und welche...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444949
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Abschreibungsraten allgemeiner und beruflicher Ausbildungsinhalte
Ludwig, Volker (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002906035
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What attracts human capital? : Understanding the skill composition of interregional job matches in Germany
Arntz, Melanie (contributor) - 2006
of internal job matching flows in Germany. Estimates from a nested logit model of destination choice suggest that spatial …. Regional differentials in non-pecuniary assets slightly contribute to spatial sorting processes in Germany. Such differences in … unemployment. Simulating job matching patterns in a scenario of economic convergence between eastern and western Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003370038
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Flexibilität der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur und Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit : eine ökonometrische Analyse für Westdeutschland
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1998
Dieser Beitrag nimmt aus theoretischer und ökonometrischer Sicht zu der Kontroverse über die Bedeutung der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur zur Erklärung der Beschäftigungsstruktur Stellung. Basierend auf einer Einteilung in drei Qualifikationsgruppen zeigt sich empirisch, dass die Entlohnung...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440988
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Curvature conditions and substitution pattern among capital, energy, materials and heterogeneous labour
Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 1999
This study deals with the determinants of factor demand in 27 industries of the manufacturing sector during the period 1978 to 1990. Using a quadratic cost function, six production factors are distinguished : capital, energy, three types of labour and intermediate materials. A parametric test of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442393