Als Reaktion auf die hohe und persistente Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland wurde zwischen 2003 und 2005 die umfangreichste Reform des Arbeitsmarktes und der Sozialordnung seit Gründung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland umgesetzt. In der Studie analysieren wir, ob die Reformen und ihr Zusammenwirken...

Labour markets in most highly developed countries are marked by rising levels of skill segregation in the production process and increasing inequalities in skill-specific employment prospects. Local human capital has a likely effect on skill specific productivity levels and employment growth....

Proficiency in the host country's language is an important factor for a successful labor market integration of immigrants. In this study we analyze the effects of a language training program for professional purposes on the employment opportunities of the participants. We apply an instrumental...

We study the efficiency properties of equilibria in a neighborhood of economies with Pareto optimal (PO) initial endowments, when the number of agents is finitely large. We provide conditions under which, for all the economies in some open neighborhood of the PO reference economy, all the...

In diesem Beitrag wird ein marktsoziologisches Forschungsprogramm vorgestellt, das in insgesamt acht Einzelveröffentlichungen erschienen ist. Das Forschungsprogramm wendet sich den Fragen zu, wie Marktakteure entstehen und sich in Märkte einordnen. Die zentrale These der Beiträge lautet, dass...

Warum Erwerbstätige ihren Beruf wechseln wird von der bisherigen Mobilitätsforschung überwiegend durch die individuellen Eigenschaften dieser erklärt. Aber auch Berufe selbst strukturieren Matchingprozesse auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Dieser Aufsatz analysiert den Erklärungsbeitrag beruflicher...

Compulsory military service is still a prominent feature of young people's careers in many countries. We use the abolition of compulsory military and civil service for males in 2011 in Germany as a natural experiment to identify effects of institutionalized career disruptions on life...

We investigate whether appointing a middle management level affects startups' innovation performance. Additional hierarchical levels are often suspected to restrict innovative activities. However, founders' capacities for information processing and resource allocation are usually strongly...

This paper examines the cross-border labor market in the French-German Upper Rhine Region. Based on shortage analyses conducted for both sides of the border, a fixed effects panel regression estimates the impact of changing labor market situations on the number of French frontier workers....

We use administrative social security records and event history methods to investigate graduate migration in Germany. The results indicate that most migration events happen up to seven years after graduation. Work experience gathered before and during the studies influences the migration...