Using panel data for all manufacturing firms in the German Federal State of Lower Saxony in this paper the age distribution of jobs existing in 1992 is analyzed. Four conclusions emerge: The porportion of long-lasting jobs amounts to about 75 percent in firms that were founded prior to 1978. Old...

"In diesem Beitrag wurde mit dem Standard-Schätzansatz und unter Verwendung eines umfangreichen Paneldatensatzes für niedersächsische Industriebetriebe aus 12 Jahren sowie mit einer ökonomisch sinnvollen Regionsabgrenzung die Frage empirisch untersucht, ob es eine Lohnkurve gibt. Empirische...

This paper reports new results on the role of firms from various size classes in the job generation process in Germany. It is based on a unique longitudinal data set covering all manufacturing establishments that existed in at least one year between 1978 and 1993 in the German federal state...