Die vorliegende Studie ist im Rahmen der Tagung "Freie Berufe im Wandel der Märkte" ; anläßlich des zehnjährigen Bestehens unseres Forschungsinstituts Freie Berufe (FFB) der Universität Lüneburg entstanden. Einer der wichtigen und zentralen Märkte ist der Arbeitsmarkt. Dessen Wandel aus...

Die vorliegende Studie ist im Rahmen der Tagung "Freie Berufe im Wandel der Märkte" anläßlich des zehnjährigen Bestehens unseres Forschungsinstituts Freie Berufe (FFB) der Universität Lüneburg entstanden.Einer der wichtigen und zentralen Märkte ist der Arbeitsmarkt. Dessen Wandel aus...

This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the demand for high-skilled workers using a new firm data set, the IZA International Employer Survey 2000. Our results suggest that while workers from EU-countries are mainly complements to domestic high-skilled workers, workers from non-EU countries...

The paper examines real and nominal wage rigidities.We estimate a switching regime model, in which the observed distribution of individual wage changes, computed from West German register data for 1976-1997, is generated by simultaneous processes of real, nominal or no wage rigidity, and...

Based on a large employer-employee matched data set, the paper investigates the effects of variable enforcement of German dismissal protection legislation on the employment dynamics in small establishments. Specifically, using a difference-in-differences approach, we study the effect of changes...

The labour market providing individual resources and economic well-being is an actual topic in the economic and social policy discussion. In the course of time the traditional full-time work is diminishing, new labour arrangements are discussed (keyword: flexible labour markets). This study will...

This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the demand for high-skilled workers using a new firm data set, the IZA International Employer Survey 2000. Our results suggest that while workers from EU-countries are mainly complements to domestic high-skilled workers, workers from non-EU countries...

Based on a large employer-employee matched data set, the paper investigates the effects of variable enforcement of German dismissal protection legislation on the employment dynamics in small establishments. Specifically, using a difference-in-differences approach, we study the effect of changes...

Using a German employer-employee matched panel data set this paper examines the effects of High Performance Workplace Systems (HPWSs) on labor productivity (defined as sales per worker) and labor efficiency (defined as the inverse of unit labor costs). The estimation results indicate that simple...