In this paper I analyze the impact of human capital on local employment growth for the case of West Germany (1977-2002). I find robust evidence that skilled cities grow faster than unskilled ones, but this need not indicate localized human capital externalities are at work. A large initial share...

The unprecedented economic rise of Eastern Europe and China in the last two decades has triggered concerns in developed Western market economies about adverse effects for domestic labor markets trough increased import competition. Simultaneously, exports from developed countries to these new...

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....

Für die deutsche Industrie bietet der internationale Handel viele Chancen. Die Auswirkungen auf einzelne Beschäftigte hängen jedoch stark davon ab, wie die Branche, in der sie tätig sind, in den internationalen Handel eingebunden ist. Die Autoren untersuchen, was es für Arbeitskräfte in...