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Labour market effects of wage inequality and skill-biased technical change in Germany
Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo - 2017
This paper analyses the relationship between wage inequality and labour market development. Relevant economic theories … are ambiguous, just as public debates. We measure the effects of wage inequality, skill-biased and skill …-recursive long-runrestrictions.Results show that skill-biased technology shocks reduce hours worked but increase inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663350
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Labour market effects of wage inequality and skill-biased technical change in Germany
Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo - 2017
This paper analyses the relationship between wage inequality and labour market development. Relevant economic theories … are ambiguous, just as public debates. We measure the effects of wage inequality, skill-biased and skill …-recursive long-runrestrictions.Results show that skill-biased technology shocks reduce hours worked but increase inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598502
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The unemployment impact of the COVID-19 shutdown measures in Germany
Bauer, Anja; Weber, Enzo - 2020
This paper evaluates the short-term labour market impact of the COVID-19 Containment measures in Germany. We take the closure of economic sectors such as restaurants and retail as a treatment, which enables difference-in-difference estimation. Additionally considering input-output linkages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290589
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Lockdown length and strength: labour-market effects in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic
Bauer, Anja; Weber, Enzo - 2021
This paper evaluates the short-term labour market impact of the COVID-19 containment measures in Germany. It examines two dimensions of the first lockdown in Germany, namely the length and the strength of the lockdown. While the assessment of the length is conducted via variation across regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623198
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Lockdown length and strength: Labour-market effects in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic
Bauer, Anja; Weber, Enzo - 2021
This paper evaluates the short-term labour market impact of the COVID-19 containment measures in Germany. It examines two dimensions of the first lockdown in Germany, namely the length and the strength of the lockdown. While the assessment of the length is conducted via variation across regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012662293
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Competing for jobs: How COVID-19 changes search behaviour in the labour market
Bauer, Anja; Keveloh, Kristin; Mamertino, Mariano; … - 2020
Little is known so far about how the corona crisis has changed search processes in the labour market. We provide insights on labour market competition, reallocation of applications and potential sullying effects by analysing data from the LinkedIn professional network for Germany. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518506
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Labour market effects of supply chain bottlenecks
Hummel, Markus; Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo - 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic there were supply chain bottlenecks all over the world with regard to raw materials and intermediate products. In this article, we examine how these constraints affected labour market development. For an empirical panel analysis, we combine survey data and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191894
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The unemployment impact of the COVID-19 shutdown measures in Germany
Bauer, Anja; Weber, Enzo - 2020
This paper evaluates the short-term labour market impact of the COVID-19 Containment measures in Germany. We take the closure of economic sectors such as restaurants and retail as a treatment, which enables difference-in-difference estimation. Additionally considering input-output linkages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012222508
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Competing for jobs: how COVID-19 changes search behaviour in the labour market
Bauer, Anja; Keveloh, Kristin; Mamertino, Mariano; … - 2020
Little is known so far about how the corona crisis has changed search processes in the labour market. We provide insights on labour market competition, reallocation of applications and potential sullying effects by analysing data from the LinkedIn professional network for Germany. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306707
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Corona-Krise : die transformative Rezession
Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 100 (2020) 6, pp. 429-431
Mit der Corona-Krise nimmt die Arbeitslosigkeit trotz aller Gegenmaßnahmen in Deutschland zu. In früheren Rezessionen hat sich gerade die Arbeitslosigkeit Geringqualifizierter verfestigt. Heute zeichnet sich ab, dass der technologische Wandel gerade auch mittlere Qualifikationen betrifft. Um...
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