Mit der günstigen wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung sowie dem demografischen Wandel hat die Diskussion um nicht besetzte Fachkräftestellen wieder an Bedeutung gewonnen. Der Bericht will mit Auswertungen auf betrieblicher Ebene zu dieser Diskussion beitragen: In welchem Ausmaß gibt es in den...

Several surveys on intra-industry dynamics have recently reached the conclusion from a large body of evidence that Gibrat's Law does not hold, i.e., the main finding is that firm growth decreases with firm size. However, almost all of these studies have been based on manufacturing. In this paper...

A study involving a Global 500 company finds that frontline employees' perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) can contribute to their customer orientation (self-rated) and objective job performance (supervisor-rated) by activating social identification processes. Employees identify...

Zusammenfassung Am Beispiel der Region Braunschweig-Wolfsburg zeigen die Autoren anhand von Sekundär- und mehrstufiger Primärforschung, dass Fachkräftemangel bereits heute die Managementpraxis der Hotelbetriebe prägt. Trotz problematischer Beschaffung von Arbeitskräften können die meisten...

We use county-level data on employment and earnings in the restaurant-and-bar sector to evaluate the impact of minimum wage changes on low-wage labor markets. Our empirical approach is similar to the literature that has used state-level panel data to estimate minimum-wage impacts, with the...

As it is now, no common minimum standards exist that define the safety of hotels in Europe. The 1986 Council Recommendation on fire safety in existing hotels provides a basis for creating common minimum standards for fire safety in European hotels, but a number of stakeholders have raised...

Past worker flows show that among the sectors hit hard by the COVID-19 epidemic, workers in "Transportation" accumulate relatively more human capital. In the event of large worker reallocation, this sector's productivity would be hit harder and need longer to recover due to the loss of firm and...