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Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than … inconsistent. Further reforms are needed to create better employment opportunities for older workers. This implies the abolishment …
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labour force participation and Belgium and Germany, countries where female labour force participation is relatively low … differently across different channels out of employment. We find evidence that the wife exerts a stronger influence on the husband …
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In der Studie werden die Auswirkungen von Unsicherheiten auf dem Arbeitsmarkt auf die Entscheidung für oder gegen ein zweites Kind bei Müttern und Vätern in Deutschland analysiert. Mit Daten des sozioökonomischen Panels werden Piecewise-constant-exponential-Modelle für die Entscheidung zum...
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the last 10 years we observe a key role regarding of a successful labour market integration leading to higher employment … rates and fostering economic growth. Indeed, we can look back at a 'golden decade' of increased employment and rising …
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Demographic change will lead to a longer working life and older employees taking up of new employment. Using IAB …
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This paper analyzes computer use by older male employees and estimates the impact of computer use on their employment …. However, the estimated impact of computer use on the change in employment status of older workers becomes insignificant when …
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employment status for older workers, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). In line with previous …, the estimated impact of computer use on the change in employment status of older workers becomes insignificant when …
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This paper empirically analyzes the relationship between firm-provided IT training and the firm?s proportion of older workers. Using data from the ZEW ICT survey of the years 2004 and 2007, the results show that a firm?s IT intensity plays a crucial role: firms intensively using information...
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The paper provides empirical evidence for the question whether firms' ITenabled labour productivity is affected by the age structure of the workforce. We apply a production function approach with heterogenous labour to firmlevel data from German manufacturing and services industries. We find...
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The paper analyses the relationship between two major challenges firms are faced to: using the potentials of information technologies (IT) as an enabler of process innovations on the one hand and an ageing workforce that might interfere these potentials on the other hand. Econometric results...
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