Compulsory military service typically drafts young men when they are at the height of their learning ability. Thus, it can be expected to depress the demand for higher education since skill atrophy and the delayed entry into the civilian labor market reduce the returns to human-capital...

The long-term impact of globalization, outsourcing, and technological change on workers is increasingly being studied by economists. At the nexus of labor economics, industry studies, and industrial organization, The Analysis of Firms and Employees presents new findings about these impacts by...

Ausländische Arbeitskräfte hatten bzw. haben unterschiedliche Funktionen auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Diejenigen, die in den 60er und frühen 70er Jahren angeworben wurden, schlossen Lücken in Teilen des produzierenden Gewerbes. Sie verfügen in der Regel über einen durchschnittlich...

The IAB employment subsample is now available for researchers in a third, anonymised version. Following the so-called basic file and the regional file from the IAB employment subsample, which encompassed the years 1975 to 1990, the actualized version of the basic file covers now the years 1975...