We analyse the influence of regional determinants on the decision of employers to provide within-firm further training. We estimate the effects of the regional population density, the unemployment rate and the regional concentration of an industry against the background of several determinants...

It is sometimes claimed that the coverage of collective bargaining in Germany is considerably understated because of orientation, a process whereby uncovered firms profess to shadow the wages set under sectoral bargaining. Yet importantly, at a time when collective bargaining proper has been in...

Ohne Bildung keine Beschäftigung und ohne Beschäftigung möglicherweise auch keine Bildung - wer weiß? Der in allen OECD-Ländern zu beobachtende Wandel zur wissensbasierten Gesellschaft hat gravierende Folgen für Bildung und Ausbildung einerseits sowie für die Beschäftigungschancen auf...

This study investigates whether working time accounts affect the performance of German establishments based on the Establishment Panel from the Institute for Employment Research. The major results are: productivity and investments are positively correlated with working time accounts. No...