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Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise … until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that this trend corresponds to a task bias in employment changes …: routine jobs have lost relative employment, especially in predominantly manual occupations. We further provide the first …
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Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise … until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that this trend corresponds to a task bias in employment changes …: routine jobs have lost relative employment, especially in predominantly manual occupations. We further provide the first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130457
We examine whether low-paid jobs have an effect on the occupational advancement probability of unemployed persons to obtain better-paid jobs in the future (stepping-stone effect). We make use of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and apply a dynamic random-effects probit model. Our...
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. A bivariate probit model, using data from the BIBB/IAB employment survey, is applied to estimate simultaneously the … leavers with lower levels of general education are selected into apprenticeships with less favorable employment prospects in …
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. A bivariate probit model, using data from the BIBB/IAB employment survey, is applied to estimate simultaneously the … leavers with lower levels of general education are selected into apprenticeships with less favorable employment prospects in …
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The paper analyses the applicability of vocational training and the earnings of apprentices using survey data from West Germany in 1979, 1985/86 and 1991/92. The applicability has decreased remarkably between 1979 and 1991/92. The objective of the analysis is a survey-data-based assessment of...
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This paper studies the effects of the introduction of Germany's statutory minimum wage in 2015 on employment and … difference-in-differences approach that compares the evolution of employment and unemployment between regions with varying … regular employment subject to social insurance, but a statistically significant negative effect on marginal employment. The …
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the risk of poverty, on employment and the impact on businesses for instance with respect to productivity, prices or … any employment effects, they were-whether positive or negative-rather small in relation to the overall number of jobs. As … in other countries, the minimum wage has not helped to reduce welfare dependency and the risk of poverty. Non …
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The German model of co-determination (Mitbestimmung) with works councils, in which workers are involved in the management of a company, was a role model for other countries for many years. However, since the 1990s the appeal of works councils has been declining, to the extent that now even...
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