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Skill composition and regional entrepreneurship : a comparative study between Germany and Portugal
Mendonça, Joana; Grimpe, Christoph - 2009
The question whether agglomeration externalities arise either from specialization or diversification of economic … the specialization of skills has a positive effect on the level on new firm entry in all sectors. In contrast to this, our … results for Germany reveal exactly the opposite effect. These results suggest that both specialization and diversity theories …
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Unlocking the potential of teleworking to address labour shortages in the Ems-Achse, Germany
OECD - 2023
In the north-western corner of Germany, the Ems-Achse, a rural region, has witnessed a decade of economic growth. This growth has exacerbated labour shortages, primarily due to an aging population and the outmigration of youth. Acknowledging the potential of teleworking, regional stakeholders...
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The role of firm-level and regional human capital for the social returns to education : evidence from German social security data
Braakmann, Nils - 2009
This paper provides first evidence on the anatomy of human capital externalities arising from both firm-level and regional human capital. Using panel data from German social security records, both at an individual and aggregated at the plant and regional level, I estimate earnings functions...
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Reinventing the skilled region : human capital externalities and industrial change
Heuermann, Daniel F. - 2009
Bridging the gap between the literatures on industrial change and human capital externalities we investigate the complementarity between aggregate regional education and job turnover. On the level of regional industries in Germany we find strong evidence for such complementarity. Thus, regional...
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Job matching efficiency in skilled regions : evidence on the microeconomic foundations of human capital externalities
Heuermann, Daniel F. - 2011
Inspired by the literature on the role of local career networks for the quality of labor market matches we investigate whether human capital externalities arise from a higher job matching efficiency in skilled regions. Using two samples of highly qualified workers in Germany we find that an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008842262
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Reinventing the Skilled Region : Human Capital Externalities and Industrial Change
Heuermann, Daniel F. - 2012
Bridging the gap between the literatures on industrial change and human capital externalities we investigate the joint importance of aggregate regional education and job turnover for productivity effects to arise within firms and regional industries. On the level of regional industries we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014210392
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Are there social returns to both firm-level and regional human capital? : evidence from German social security data
Braakmann, Nils - 2009
This paper provides first evidence on the social returns to education from both firm-level and regional human capital. Using panel data from German social security, both at an individual and aggregated at the plant and regional level, I estimate earnings functions incorporating measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879691
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Job Matching Efficiency in Skilled Regions - Evidence on the Microeconomic Foundations of Human Capital Externalities
Heuermann, Daniel F. - 2011
Inspired by the literature on the role of local career networks for the quality of labor market matches we investigate whether human capital externalities arise from a higher job matching efficiency in skilled regions. Using two samples of highly qualified workers in Germany we find that an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128829
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German robots : the impact of industrial robots on workers
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens; … - 2017
We study the impact of rising robot exposure on the careers of individual manufacturing workers, and the equilibrium impact across industries and local labor markets in Germany. We find no evidence that robots cause total job losses, but they do affect the composition of aggregate employment....
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Regional structural change and the effects of job loss
Arntz, Melanie; Ivanov, Boris; Pohlan, Laura - 2022
Routine-intensive occupations have been declining in many countries, but how does this affect individual workers’ careers if this decline is particularly severe in their local labor market? This paper uses administrative data from Germany and a matched difference-in-differences approach to...
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