This paper estimates the causal effect of recruitment competition on the labor demand for high-skilled foreign workers. I assemble a new data set, combining a firm-level panel of all Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) submitted as a first step to obtaining H-1B visas between 2010 and 2019 with...

This paper analyzes the link between the diffusion of information- and communication technology (ICT) and both the skill structure and employment expectations of the different skill categories. The analysis is based on cross-sectional data for 4150 German firms conducted in mid-2000. The...

Das hohe Angebot und die Zunahme von Absolventinnen und Absolventen geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlicher Disziplinen rücken diese in regelmässigen Abständen in den Fokus bildungs- und arbeitsmarktpolitischer Diskussionen. Nicht selten werden in diesem Zusammenhang Zulassungsbeschränkungen...