"The 'Data on Individuals' of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the Federal Employment Agency (BA) which are available from the Research Data Centre (FDZ) include the following: Integrated Employment Biographies (IEBS), IAB Employment Samples 1975-2001 (IABS 1975-2001), the BA...

The paper empirically examines three possible reasons for the high and rising unemployment of low-skilled employees in Germany: (i) an upsurge in interindustry trade, (ii) a skill-biased technical change, and (iii) a failure of labour market adjustment. The empirical analyses indicate that an...