Because rational individuals know that they cannot always get what they want, they are assumed to make appropriate adjustments. However, little is known about trade-off reasoning in labor market mobility decision making. The objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of commuting on the...

Dieser Bericht präsentiert Ergebnisse zu zwei Schwerpunktfragen der Erhebung 2006 im Rahmen des Mannheimer Innovationspanels (MIP): - Internationalisierung von Innovationsaktivitäten in der deutschen Wirtschaft - Wissensgewinn und -verlust durch Mitarbeiterfluktuation. Die...

This paper proposes the question whether or not traveling expenses to work should be deductible from the income tax base. In order to answer this question, a simple model of (im-) perfect household and worker mobility is employed. The focus of the analysis is on the efficient use of land and the...

Using a large German linked employer-employee data set and methods of competing risks analysis, this paper investigates gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower job-to-job and higher job-to-nonemployment...

Using a large German linked employer-employee data set and methods of competing risks analysis, this paper investigates gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower job-to-job and higher job-to-nonemployment...

The dynamics of dependent employment and unemployment can only be adequately analysed using individual flow data. The degree of influence of the data set and the methodology used is shown by analysing 11 member states of the European Union on the basis of data from the European Labour Force...

This paper deals with the question whether the concept of transitional labour market (TLM) might be useful to formulate hypotheses about the relationship between the size and nature of labour market transitions and the performance of employment regimes. The paper starts from the idea that the...

Seit Mitte der neunziger Jahre spielt das Konzept der Übergangsarbeitsmärkte in der arbeitsmarktpolitischen Debatte eine wichtige Rolle. Die vorliegende Untersuchung versucht erstmals, die Bedeutung von Übergangsarbeitsmärkten nicht nur für das gesamte Bundesgebiet oder für West- und...

The prospects for successful implementation of the TLM approach in Poland depend on numerous factors, and it is important to remember that the impact of these factors will rarely be one-dimensional. TLMs would entail a series of both advantages and disadvantages for employers, employees, the...

Die Etiketten brain drain bzw. Mobilität von Hochqualifizierten markieren scheinbar ähnliche Prozesse: thematisiert wird die internationale Wanderung von Arbeitskräften im primären Segment des Arbeitsmarktes. Gemeinsam ist auch, daß die Debatten über diesen Migrationstypus jeweils im...