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Worker reallocation across occupations in Western Germany
Isaoglu, Aysen - 2010
This paper analyzes the determinants of annual worker reallocation across disaggregated occupations in western Germany for the period 1985-2003. Employing data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, the pattern of average occupational mobility is documented. Worker reallocation is found to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826392
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Overeducation and skill endowments : the role of school achievement and vocational training quality
Büchel, Felix; Pollmann-Schult, Matthias - 2001
Thurow's job-competition model implies that overeducation is contingent upon the differing skill endowments of employees. As yet, only rudimentary evidence has been furnished to confirm this relationship. In the present paper, we test the theory in a more sophisticated manner, by means of a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403075
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Dynamics of overqualification : evidence from the early career of graduates
Erdsiek, Daniel - 2017
overqualification is highly persistent among tertiary graduates over the first ten years of their career cycle. Accounting for … persistence of overqualification. In particular, selection into initial overqualification at the start of the career is of high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636067
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Career paths of PhD graduates in Eastern and Western Germany : same qualification, same labor market outcomes?
Rehs, Andreas; Fuchs, Michaela - 2020
ongoing debate surrounding the underrepresentation of eastern Germans in top positions in Germany. We examine the career paths …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159470
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Up or out: research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2012
career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of a postdoc in a life-cycle perspective of transitions from academic … there is quite a strong confidence to succeed in an academic career. Furthermore, postdocs who attended a PhD program show … better career prospects and higher research incentives compared to others. Academic career prospects and motivation are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510058
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Up or out : research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2012
career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of a postdoc in a life-cycle perspective of transitions from academic … there is quite a strong confidence to succeed in an academic career. Furthermore, postdocs who attended a PhD program show … better career prospects and higher research incentives compared to others. Academic career prospects and motivation are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534097
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Up or Out : Research Incentives and Career Prospects of Postdocs in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2012
career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of a postdoc in a life-cycle perspective of transitions from academic … there is quite a strong confidence to succeed in an academic career. Furthermore, postdocs who attended a PhD program show … better career prospects and higher research incentives compared to others. Academic career prospects and motivation are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108904
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Up or Out : Research Incentives and Career Prospects of Postdocs in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2012
career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of a postdoc in a life-cycle perspective of transitions from academic … there is quite a strong confidence to succeed in an academic career. Furthermore, postdocs who attended a PhD program show … better career prospects and higher research incentives compared to others. Academic career prospects and motivation are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109491
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Reciprocity and incentive pay in the workplace
Dur, Robert; Non, Arjan; Roelfsema, Hein - 2010
We study optimal incentive contracts for workers who are reciprocal to management attention. When neither worker's effort nor manager's attention can be contracted, a double moral-hazard problem arises, implying that reciprocal workers should be given weak financial incentives. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269520
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Reciprocity and Incentive Pay in the Workplace
Dur, Robert; Non, Arjan; Roelfsema, Hein - 2008
We study optimal incentive contracts for workers who are reciprocal to management attention. When neither worker's effort nor manager's attention can be contracted, a double moral-hazard problem arises, implying that reciprocal workers should be given weak financial incentives. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325934