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The impact of ICT investments on the relative demand for high-medium-, and low-skilled workers : industry versus country analysis
Schneider, Dorothee - 2010
since 1995. -- ICT ; Skill ; Income Inequality ; Labor Demand …In this paper I analyze the effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on compensation shares of high … set with respect to the length of time series, set of countries and industries, and information on ICT. Next to …
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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...
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Supply and Demand, Allocation and Wage Inequality : An International Comparison
Dupuy, Arnaud; Borghans, Lex - 2021
In this paper, we develop an allocation model of workers differentiated by their field of study to test whether international differences in the wage structure can be explained by differences in labor demand and supply in each country. The model explicitly takes into account the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319671
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The Impact of Sectoral Segregation on the Earning Differential between Natives and Immigrants in Russia
Polyakova, Evgeniya; Smirnykh, Larisa - 2015
Using nationally representative data (RMLS-NRU HSE) from 2004-2012, this paper examines sectoral segregation between immigrant (persons with an immigration background) and native workers and its impact on the earning differential in Russia. This is the first micro-level study in Russia about...
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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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The impact of ICT and intangible capital accumulation on labour demand growth and functional income shares
Stehrer, Robert - 2022
different types of labour, including the dimensions of gender, age, and educational attainment. Accumulation of ICT assets have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013274244
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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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How the demand for labor may adapt to the availability of labor : a preliminary exploration with historical data
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Liu, Xingfei - 2015
This note presents and tests a general model to help explain why the demand for labor adapts to the availability of labor. In particular, we postulate that the cost of hiring declines with a growth in available labor for two reasons: (1) individuals seeking employment would be coming to...
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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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Employment effects of payroll tax subsidies
Collischon, Matthias; Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2018
This paper exploits several reforms of wage subsidies in the framework of the German Minijob program to investigate substitution and complementarity relationships between subsidized and non-subsidized labor demand. We apply an instrumental variables approach and use administrative data on German...
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