Often the high level of unemployment in Germany is explained by a lack of flexibility, over-regulation in the labour market and disincentives of the social security system. However, these institutional effects are difficult to test by means of data from only one country. Cross-country...

"Often the high level of unemployment in Germany is explained by a lack of flexibility, over-regulation in the labour market and disincentives of the social security system. However, these institutional effects are difficult to test by means of data from only one country. Cross-country...

"Often the high level of unemployment in Germany is explained by a lack of flexibility, over-regulation in the labour market and disincentives of the social security system. However, these institutional effects are difficult to test by means of data from only one country. Cross-country...

In the selection of new employees four hiring categories are distinguished: from another job, school-leavers, unemployed and non-participants. Concluded is that for the selection process the labour market situation is less important than the characteristics of employers and jobs. More workers...

Nach den Ergebnissen des Linked Personnel Panels 2015 ist die Digitalisierung für die meisten Beschäftigten einerseits mit einer körperlichen Entlastung und andererseits mit der Notwendigkeit der Weiterentwicklung ihrer Fähigkeiten und Kompetenzen verbunden. Dabei werden von den...

According to the Hutchens (1999) model, early retirement is not explained as a result ofmaximizing expected individual utility but rather as a demand-side phenomenon arising froma firm’s profit-maximizing behaviour...

Die einfache Arbeit führte jahrzehntelang einSchat tendasein in Deutschland. Im Blickfeld standvor allem die qualifi zierte Facharbeit in der industriellenProduktion und in einem wachsendenDienstleistungssektor. Die Förderung von Spitzentechnologien,die Anpassung der berufl ichen Qua...

Using 21 waves of German high-frequency establishment panel data collected during the COVID-19 crisis, we investigate the effects of short-time work (STW) and working from home (WFH) on hiring, firings, resignations and excess labour turnover (or churning). Thus, we enquire whether STW avoids...