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Organizational change, new information and communication technologies and the demand for labor in services
Falk, Martin - 2001
all skill groups except for unskilled labor. New ICT and the share of training expenditures are primary forces behind OC … authority and ICT-enabled organizational changes). This paper analyzes the impact of organizational change as well as the impact … of the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) on actual labor demand as well as on employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446141
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The statutory minimum wage in Germany and the labor demand elasticities of low-skilled workers : a regression discontinuity approach with establishment panel data
Kölling, Arnd - 2020 - This version: October 16th, 2020
This study examines the influence of the statutory minimum wage on labor demand elasticities regarding low-skilled workers. For this, a regression discontinuity analysis is conducted using company panel data from 2013 to 2018. In addition, a possible endogeneity of the remuneration for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012300027
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A dynamic heterogeneous labour demand model for German manufacturing
Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2000
. Furthermore, both shortrun and long-run labour demands of different skill classes are inelastic. Unskilled labour is found to have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444593
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Outsourcing of services, imported materials and the demand for heterogeneous labour : an application of a generalised Box-Cox function
Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2000
This paper examines the effects that purchased services and imported intermediate materials have on the labour demand for different skills in the manufacturing sector. We derive and estimate a factor demand system based on the generalised Box-Cox cost function nesting both the normalised...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445002
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The changing situation of loabor market entrants in Germany : a long-run analysis of wages and occupational patterns
Reinhold, Mario; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2016
top-paying jobs, entry wages and wage growth, and skill premia over time. To allow for a detailed analysis, we distinguish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580806
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Labor demand and unequal payment : does wage inequality matter? ; analyzing the influence of intra-firm wage dispersion on labor demand with German employer-employee data
Kölling, Arnd - 2014 - This Version: Nov. 11th 2014
This paper examines the relationship between intra-firm wage dispersion and establishments' employment in a theoretical analysis and empirical regressions using German "Linked Employer-Employee Data from the IAB" (LIAB) for the years of 1996 through 2008. Therefore, fractional probit models for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440622
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Relative earnings and the demand for unskilled labor in West German manufacturing
Steiner, Viktor - 1997
We analyze the economic factors which have contributed to the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in German manufacturing, in particular the role played by the relatively rigid earnings structure. Potential effects of intensified international competition and skillbiased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428100
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Relative earnings and the demand for unskilled labor in West German manufacturing
Steiner, Viktor; Wagner, Kersten - 1997
of intensified international competition and skill-biased technological change on the relative employment and earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440891
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Location choice and employment decisions: a comparison of German and Swedish multinationals
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - 2005
Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295676
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Location choice and employment decisions : a comparison of German and Swedish multinationals
Becker, Sascha; Ekholm, Karolina; Jaeckle, Robert; … - 2005
Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275858