The labour market position of the lower skilled is increasingly under pressure in most high income countries. Their bargaining position is declining under the twin pressures of globalisation and technological change; and they are at risk of losing access to better positions as firms' pay and...

In der aktuellen KOFA-Studie hat das KOFA die Qualifizierung von Helferinnen und Helfern als Potenzial zur Fachkräftesicherung analysiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass durch eine Qualifizierung arbeitsloser An- und Ungelernter, die nach Tätigkeiten suchen, für die es mehr Arbeitslose als...

Die Logistik trägt in Bremen erheblich zur Wertschöpfung bei und ist ein wichtiger Beschäftigungsträger. Mit einem hohen Anteil an Einfacharbeit bietet sie niedrigschwellige Einstiege auch für gering qualifizierte Personen. Die Digitalisierung der Logistik verändert die Arbeitsprozesse und...

We examine the effects of working for a Temporary Help Agency (THA) on transition rates for low-skilled temps to alternative states, using Spanish administrative data. Our analysis, based on the estimation of competing risk discrete-time duration models with multiple spells, reveals the...

This paper explores the impact of digital economy development on the wage gap between high- and low-skilled workers based on the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) database in 2010-2020. The research results suggest that the higher the level of digital economy development, the larger the wage gap...

To understand gender inequalities in labor market outcomes of seemingly homogeneous low-skilled workers in developing countries, we build and estimate a search model of the labor market in which agents decide their labor market participation, employment type, and migration status. The model...

We evaluate the effect of an increase in low-skilled immigration in Korean municipalities on the internal migration of natives and several economic outcomes. Using Korean data, we distinguish between natives moving for work-related and non-work-related reasons. Using a change in immigration...

Addressing growing income inequality in the United States should begin with the plight of low-skilled workers, many subject to below subsistence income and stressful and dangerous working conditions. Antitrust cannot offer a comprehensive solution to this problem. It can, however, meaningfully...

We use a regression discontinuity design and difference-in-differences estimators to estimate the impact of a one-shot hiring subsidy for low-educated unemployed youths during the Great Recession recovery in Belgium. The subsidy increases job-finding in the private sector by 10 percentage points...