"This paper presents recent empirical evidence on the extent and determinants of employment dynamics and job mobility, building on economic theory and German labor market institutions. In particular, it identifies dynamic and immobile segments of the labor market. Conclusions are drawn with...

This paper reviews the recent labor-market performance of 21 rich countries, with a focus on Denmark and Germany. Denmark, which was widely seen as one of the world's most successful labor markets before the downturn, has struggled in recent years. Germany, however, has outperformed the rest of...

The impact of minimum wage on employment has been a field of conflicts among economists in labor economics. This divergence of views usually takes the form of conflicting empirical studies. However, in our research we managed to find only one study on the employment effect of minimum wages...

Nearly one-third of all American workers are paid very low wages, the highest rate among wealthy nations. An incidence of low pay at this level has obvious implications for the current standard of living for a substantial share of American families. But of particular concern are the implications...

Does the educational track (technical or professional, as opposed to general) provide individuals with networks that are useful in the labor market? And how do these networks help? In this paper, we consider the effect of the educational track on the means by which individuals find employment,...

A minimálbér-szabályozás alapvető dilemmája, hogy amennyiben eredményes a kereseteloszlás alján lévők túlzott kereseti hátránya elleni küzdelemben, mellékhatásként foglalkoztatási kilátásaik romlását idézheti elő. Ez az írás a legalacsonyabb iskolázottságúak...

Seit 2005 steigt die Beschäftigung in der Landeshauptstadt Dresden. Der Beschäftigungsaufbau ist durch den Dienstleistungsbereich getrieben. Damit einher geht eine verstärkte Beschäftigung von (hoch)qualifizierten Arbeitnehmern. Im Gegensatz zu Sachsen oder Ostdeutschland weist Dresden eine...

"Facing the recent German debate on the minimum wage, this paper analyses theoretical effects of minimum wages on employment and wage distribution under a frictional setting. I??review new developments in search theory and discuss the influence of the minimum wage on wages and employment under...