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The shift away from manual and routine cognitive work, and towards non-routine cognitive work is a key feature of labor markets. There is no evidence, however, if the relative importance of various tasks differs between workers performing seemingly similar jobs in different countries. We develop...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006117
By making use of Duncan & Hoffman's empirical model, the economic returns to overeducation and undereducation are estimated using comparable microdata from the middle of the 2000s for 25 European countries. The estimates confirm some of the main results found in the literature. The wage premium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003719317
This paper discusses the specificities of the labor market for older workers. It discusses the implications of those specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment benefits indexed backwards and hiring costs are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900521
This paper discusses the specificities of the labor market for older workers. It discusses the implications of those specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment benefits indexed backwards and hiring costs are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155556
In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the … impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S and (3 …) whether the impact of import penetration is driven by implied efficiency effects. We use data from the manufacturing industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911627
In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the … impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S. and (3 …) whether the impact of import penetration is driven by implied efficiency effects. We use data from the manufacturing industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897992
In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the … impact of foreign competition on managerial compensation, (2) differences in the impact between Germany and the U.S. and (3 …) whether the impact of import penetration is driven by implied efficiency effects. We use data from the manufacturing industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912768
By making use of Duncan & Hoffman's empirical model, the economic returns to overeducation and undereducation are estimated using comparable microdata from the middle of the 2000s for 25 European countries. The estimates confirm some of the main results found in the literature. The wage premium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494684
This paper aims at investigating empirically at the firm level the effect of the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICT), and also of two other factors, the adoption of new forms of workplace organization and trade (export) activities, on the demand for employees with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909657
The shift away from manual and routine cognitive work, and towards non-routine cognitive work is a key feature of labor markets. There is no evidence, however, if the relative importance of various tasks differs between workers performing seemingly similar jobs in different countries. We develop...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012867377