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The impact of restricting fixed-term contracts on labor and skill demand
Grasso, Giuseppe; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2023
This paper examines the impact of increasing the relative cost of fixed-term contracts on labor demand as well as the demand for standard measures of human capital and specific skill requirements. We evaluate a 2018 Italian labor law reform that raised the cost of fixed- term contracts while...
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The impact of restricting fixed-term contracts on labor and skill demand
Grasso, Giuseppe; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2023
This paper examines the impact of increasing the relative cost of fixed-term contracts on labor demand as well as the demand for standard measures of human capital and specific skill requirements. We evaluate a 2018 Italian labor law reform that raised the cost of fixed-term contracts while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014383624
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The use of flexible working contracts in West Germany : evidence from an establishment panel
Boockmann, Bernhard; Hagen, Tobias - 2001
This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446246
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Wage inequality in Germany : disentangling demand and supply effects
Stimmelmayr, Michael - 2009
In this paper we conduct a counterfactual analysis and estimate the quantitative importance of demand and supply effects on wage inequality in Germany using a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the Auerbach-Kotlikoff (1987) type. Specifically, the methodological contribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887484
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Technology, outsourcing, and the demand for heterogeneous labor: Exploring the industry dimension
Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Wiederhold, Simon - 2010
It has become common within the literature of skill-biased technological change to look at technologies, as well as their impact on the demand for labor as homogeneous across industries. This paper challenges this view. Using a linked employer-employee panel of Germany differentiated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008669976
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Offshoring and the onshore composition of tasks and skills
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2009
We analyze the relationship between offshoring and the onshore workforce composition in German multinational enterprises (MNEs), using plant data that allow us to discern tasks, occupations, and workforce skills. Offshoring is associated with a statistically significant shift towards more...
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The impact of horizontal and vertical FDI on labor demand for different skill groups
Mattes, Anselm - 2009
This paper analyzes the determinants and effects of firm-level FDI flows on the basis of German micro-level data. Concering the determinants of FDI, I differentiate between different target regions and motivations for FDI (market seeking/horizontal FDI versus cost reducing/vertical FDI). The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942162
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Technological innovations and the expected demand for skilled labour at the firm level
Falk, Martin - 1999
This paper analyses the link between technological product and processes innovations and expectations about future employment for different types of labour in manufacturing. The empirical model allows for endogeneity of the firm's innovation decision in the labour demand equations. The system of...
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Zukunft der Arbeit und Arbeit der Zukunft in Deutschland
Ochsen, Carsten - 2004
Aufgrund der Tatsache, dass die Arbeitslosenquote Hochqualifizierter in Deutschland in den vergangenen 30 Jahren … Erheblicher Bedeutung ist, dass das skill upgrading der Arbeitsnachfrage in den vergangenen 30 Jahren stärker gewachsen ist, als … das des Arbeitsangebotes. Die Zukunft der Arbeit in Deutschland liegt nicht in gering vergüteten …
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Skill-biased technological change, international trade and the wage structure
Kölling, Arnd; Schank, Thorsten - 2002
Betriebsdaten zusammengefügten Datensatzes, für West-Deutschland (1994-1997) untersucht. Schätzungen der bedingten Arbeitsnachfrage …In den letzten beiden Jahrzehnten hat sich die Beschäftigtenstruktur in Deutschland zuungunsten der Un- und Angelernten …
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