Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 113
Cover Image
Spatial heterogeneity and the wage curve revisited
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2004
local labour market is in close proximity of other labour markets, a local shock that increases unemployment may not lead to … lower pay rates if employers fear outward migration of their workers. Hence, the unemployment elasticity of pay will be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335216
Cover Image
Do small labor market entry cohorts reduce unemployment?
Garloff, Alfred; Pohl, Carsten; Schanne, Norbert - 2011
In this paper we study the effect of small labor market entry cohorts on (un)employment in Western Germany. From a … theoretical point of view, decreasing cohort sizes may on the one hand reduce unemployment due to "inverse cohort crowding" or on … the other hand increase unemployment if companies reduce jobs disproportionately. Consequently, the actual effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009300430
Cover Image
„Arbeitsplatzausstattung“ und „Arbeitsplatzlücke“ nach Geschlechtern in Ost- und Westdeutschland
Brautzsch, Hans-Ulrich; Fuchs, Johann; Lang, Cornelia - 2006
The paper investigates (a) the number and structure of available jobs by gender in East and West Germany, (b) the gap between the supply and demand of jobs by gender in both regions and (c) the reasons for the wider "job gap" in East Germany compared with West Germany. The paper uses data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269955
Cover Image
Wages, prices, and international trade: Trends across industries for an "export champion"
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 1996
institutions were holding up relative wages of low-skilled labor which accounts for the disproportionate increase of unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398116
Cover Image
Bei der Erwerbstätigkeit der Frauen liegt Ostdeutschland vorn
Holst, Elke; Wieber, Anna - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 40, pp. 967-975
Auch fast ein Vierteljahrhundert nach dem Mauerfall liegt die Erwerbstätigkeit von Frauen in Ostdeutschland immer noch höher als in Westdeutschland. Der Abstand ist heute allerdings gering. Gestartet sind die beiden Regionen von höchst unterschiedlichen Niveaus. Im Westen lag die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427315
Cover Image
Eastern Germany ahead in employment of women
Holst, Elke; Wieber, Anna - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 11, pp. 33-41
Almost a quarter of a century after the fall of the Wall, there are still more women in employment in eastern Germany than in the west. Although the disparity is marginal now, the two regions started from dramatically different levels. In 1991, immediately after reunification, the employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010443251
Cover Image
The employment of mothers : recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany
Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2010
We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697044
Cover Image
Immigration and structural change : evidence from post-war Germany
Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2012
Does immigration accelerate sectoral change towards high-productivity sectors? This paper uses the mass displacement of ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II as a natural experiment to study this question. A simple two-sector model of the economy, in which moving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580140
Cover Image
Local human capital, segregation by skill, and skill-specific employment growth
Schlitte, Frisco - 2010
Labour markets in most highly developed countries are marked by rising levels of skill segregation in the production process and increasing inequalities in skill-specific employment prospects. The local skill structure is frequently regarded as a major cause for regional growth disparities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009161911
Cover Image
Creative professionals and high-skilled agents : polarization of employment growth?
Wedemeier, Jan - 2012
The creative sector is frequently regarded as one of the driving forces of total employment growth. Empirical studies suggest that the clustering of human capital might result in the polarization of employment growth. Since the creative sector's definition is motivated from the insights of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009504686