Die Arbeitskosten je vollzeitbeschäftigten Arbeitnehmer lagen im westdeutschen Produzierenden Gewerbe im Jahr 2007 bei 54.870 Euro. In Ostdeutschland beliefen sich die industriellen Arbeitskosten mit 36.280 Euro auf zwei Drittel des westdeutschen Kostenniveaus. Dieser Kostenvorteil gegenüber...

Using German data from the Institute for Employment Research Establishment Panel, this paper constructs two main measures of outsourcing and examines their determinants and consequences for employment. There are some commonalities in the correlates of the two measures of outsourcing, as well as...

The paper provides evidence concerning incidence and sources of nominal wage rigidity in servicesand manufacturing, using a new and large employer survey on wage and price setting behaviour forGermany. We observe that wage freezes are more frequent in services than in manufacturing, whereaswage...