Das Wissen um Kompetenzen, die für die Ausübung eines Berufs notwendig sind, ist eine wichtige Informationsgrundlage für das Handeln verschiedener Akteur*innen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. In diesem Tabellenband stellen wir Informationen über die fachlichen und überfachlichen Kompetenzen zur...

Das Wissen um Kompetenzen, die für die Ausübung eines Berufs notwendig sind, ist eine wichtige Informationsgrundlage für das Handeln verschiedener Akteur*innen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Unsere Untersuchung von fachlichen und überfachlichen Kompetenzen, die von Unternehmen in Stellenangeboten...

Many European regions are currently experiencing a significant population decline and, related to this, are increasingly confronted with labour shortage. Migration is a main driver of changes in regional labour supply and the local level of human capital. A region's ability to attract residents...

This paper investigates how important measurement issues such as the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP), random unevenness and spatial autocorrelation affect cross-sectional studies of ethnic segregation. We use geocoded data for German cities to investigate the impact of these measurement...

We estimate the spatially heterogeneous effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on labor market dynamics in Germany until December 2021. While initially slightly stronger in rural regions and large agglomerations, adverse effects quickly become more pronounced and persistent in large...

Human capital is a driving factor of innovation and economic growth. Economic prospects of cities depend on high qualified workers' knowledge and therefore, attracting highly qualified workers plays a fundamental role for cities' prospects. This study contributes to the question which factors...

We study an overlapping generations model of human capital accumulation with threshold effects using regional data for West Germany. Our basic goal is to shed light on what makes German regions grow. The paper finds that the relative income distribution appears to be stratifying into a trimodal...