"This paper uses regional variation in labor markets, the industry structure and the education system to explain the training decisions of firms. Using a representative firmlevel data set, the results show that firms are less likely to provide training if the number of competing firms situated...

"Since 2006, the IAB develops classifications of job centres, which are regulated according to the Social Code Book (SGB) II. These classifications account for the fact that there are substantial disparities in the economic or social structure of German regions. These disparities affect the work...

Der Bericht faßt die wichtigsten Ergebnisse eines Gutachtens zusammen, das im Auftrag des Freistaates Sachsens vergeben wurde. Zunächst wird der Arbeitsmarkt seit der Wende bis Ende 1993 dargestellt. Hauptproblem der Arbeitslosigkeit war der rasche Produktionseinbruch, der durch schleppende...

"Differences in regional labour market conditions are still pronounced in Germany, especially between the Eastern and the Western part. Traditional neoclassical models imply that labour mobility should reduce disparities. In contrast, models that include externalities or selective migration...

"This paper examines the effects of regional wage differentials on the development of employment in eastern Germany. For this, a model concept is briefly developed which is aimed at different market constellations of individual branches of the economy. The empirical approach used is a...

"The Wage Curve is estimated using average wage data for 327 West German districts for the years 1987-1993. Detailed information on the sectoral composition of employment is used tocontrol for the sectoral wage structure. The influence of the choice of the spatial units is reduced by taking into...

"The standard approach used in estimating wage curves is an individual wage function which is augmented by the inclusion of regional unemployment rates. The different aggregation level results in the standard error of the unemployment rate being underestimated and the accuracy of the 'wage...

"Im Sommer 1990 führte eine Arbeitsgruppe des Zentralen Forschungsinstituts für Arbeit, Dresden (ZFA) eine regionale Analyse zur wirtschaftlichen Situation und zur Arbeitsmarktlage im Kreis Pirna durch. Die Auswertung verschiedener statistischer Materialien zur Beschäftigungsstruktur, zum...

"The 'wage curve' describes the effects of regional unemployment on the regional wage level. After extensive international comparative research, Blanchflower and Oswald postulated that a doubling of regional unemployment reduced the wage level by 10 per cent. In contrast to that, although a wage...

Der Autor faßt die Tagungsbeiträge und die Ergebnisse eines Workshops des IAB zur Lohnkurve kurz zusammen. Die Tagungsbeiträge sind in dem Heft ebenfalls abgedruckt. Im Anschluß folgen Literaturhinweise zum Themenschwerpunkt. (IAB)