In this paper we experimentally test whether competing for a desired reward does not only affect individuals' performance, but also their tendency to cheat. Recent doping scandals in sports as well as forgery and plagiarism scandals in academia have been partially explained by "competitive...

The present analysis investigates skill requirements in the workplace, measured directly by the task-composition of occupations. It shows that the task composition of occupations has shifted toward analytical and interactive activities and away from manual and cognitive routine activities in...

Based on a large data set containing information on occupations between 1979 and 1999, this study explores the ?black box? surrounding the skill?biased technological change hypothesis by analyzing the mechanisms that induce information technologies to be complementary to employees with higher...

This paper investigates the changes in the German wage structure for fulltime working males from 1999 to 2006. Our analysis builds on the task-based approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as implemented by Spitz-Oener (2006) for Germany, and also accounts for job complexity. We perform a...

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be offshored. Our analysis relates to recent theoretical contributions arguing that there is only a loose relationship between the suitability of a task for offshoring and the...

Im Beitrag wird der Qualifikationsbedarf von Bankbeschäftigten in Bereichen des direkten Kundenkontakts im Privatkundengeschäft deutscher Universal- und Direktbanken dargestellt. Die Bankbeschäftigten setzen sich in diesem Bereich aus Bankkaufleuten, Vermögenskundenbetreuern und angelernten...

We explore the role of trade in differentiated final goods as well ollshoring of tasks for inequality both within and between countries. We emphasize the distinction between managerial and production labor. Managerial labor is a fixed input while production labor is a variable input. Following...

Ausgehend von europäischen Definitionen der Umweltarbeit (SERIEE, Konzept "Eco Industries") sind etwa 1 bis 1,5% aller Beschäftigten im Umweltbereich tätig. Die meisten Umweltarbeitsplätze befinden sich im Entsorgungsbereich (Wasser und Müll) und lassen sich als nachsorgende...

Werden dual ausgebildete Laborantinnen und Laboranten in Zukunft noch gebraucht, oder geraten sie im Zeichen der Wissensgesellschaft auf's Abstellgleis? Nach den hier präsentierten Forschungsergebnissen erweist sich die berufliche Position von Chemie und Biologielaborantinnen und Laboraten als...