At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled- biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....

At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage p olicy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled-biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....

Diese Studie beschäftigt sich mit drei Herausforderungen, mit denen die Lohnpolitik an der Schwelle des nächsten Jahrtausends konfrontiert wird: Ein technischer Fortschritt, der insbesondere gering qualifizierte Arbeit freisetzt, die zunehmende internationale Integration der Arbeits- und...

At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skill-biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....

At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled-biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....

At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled-biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....

In recent publications it has been argued that the change of the skill structure of industrial employment is caused by biased technical progress rather than by increasing international trade with low wage countries. However, in linking prices for final goods with prices of primary factors, most...

This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables, composition changes explain a large part of the increase in wage inequality among full-time workers. The composition effects are larger for females than for males, and...