One of the most significant changes in the labour market in the twentieth century was the rise of the internal labour market. Its origins can be found in the nineteenth century, particularly in the large service companies such as banks and the railway companies. By studying the internal labour...

Im Jahr 2001 wurde von der Hessen Agentur (ehemals: Forschungs- und EntwicklungsgesellschaftHessen FEH) die Studie „Strukturelle Veränderungen auf demhessischen Arbeits- und Ausbildungsmarkt 1990 bis 1999“ vorgelegt.1 Die Studiestellt die unterschiedliche Entwicklung der Beschäftigung und...

The economic impact of the 2007-2009 increases in the federal minimum wage (MW) isanalyzed using a sample of quick-service restaurants in Georgia and Alabama. Store-levelbiweekly payroll records for individual employees are used, allowing us to precisely measurethe MW compliance cost for each...

In 2000, the Lisbon Agenda set out an ambitious plan to make the EuropeanUnion “the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy inthe world”. The Agenda suggested a need for action on three broad fronts:the first explicitly macroeconomic; the second explicitly microeconomic;the third...

I examine recent changes in labour markets and employment practices in Japan. I find little evidence that Japan is converging towards an Anglo-American type labour market. Mobility rates continue to be low, and there is little indication that this will change greatly in the future. Large firms...

This paper examines changes in earnings inequality and mobility between 1978/9 and 2005/6 using a unique dataset that includes both those with secure patterns of employment and a wider group who experience periods without earnings. It finds significant increases in annual earnings inequality for...

The Bologna process inspired the Italian 3+2 reform of the university system whichconstitutes a big increase in the supply of college graduates. This paper is a preliminaryattempt to identify the effects of the reform on (i) the relative probability (relative to nongraduates)of employment of...

Die vorliegende Analyse untersucht auf Basis des Regionalfiles der IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe 1975-2001 die Entwicklung von Arbeitsmarktmobilität und Beschägtigunsstabilität für Westdeutschland im Zeitverlauf. Im Ergebnis zeigt sich (a) eine im Zeitverlauf unabhängig von individuellen,...

In this paper, we analyze the transition to the labour market of participants in vocational training in Madeira Island. In a first stage, we investigate how the employment status at different dates (one month, one year, and two years after the completion of the training program) depends on...

Die Diskussion eines bedingungslosenGrundeinkommens in gleichstellungspolitischerPerspektive macht deutlich,was für dieses Modell insgesamt gilt: Es istkein Allheilmittel, sondern kann nur dannein Beitrag zur sozialen Gerechtigkeitsein, wenn die gesamtgesellschaftlichenRahmenbedingungen eine...