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Active labour-market policies in Germany : do regional labour markets benefit?
Wapler, Rüdiger; Werner, Daniel; Wolf, Katja - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2014
deals with the question whether ALMP improves the matching-process between job-seekers and vacancies and thus increases the … former programme participants. The result from our augmented matching function shows that the lock-in effect is also present … matching process. However, this effect varies largely between different types of programmes. Positive effects occur for long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099832
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Worker flows in Germany: Inspecting the time aggregation bias
Nordmeier, Daniela - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"This paper analyzes the importance of time aggregation in the measurement of worker flows by exploiting daily information from German administrative data. Time aggregation caused by comparing monthly labor market states leads to an underestimation of total worker flows by around 10%. Contrary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592338
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Labor market pooling and human capital investment decisions
Amend, Elke; Herbst, Patrick - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"Of the typically cited agglomeration advantages labor market pooling receives strong empirical support - yet remains under-explored theoretically. This paper presents a model of human capital formation in an imperfectly competitive, pooled local labor market with heterogeneous workers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592432
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Skill-biased labor market reforms and international competitiveness
Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"This paper proposes a multi-industry trade model with integrated capital and goods markets. Labor market imperfections in line with Mortensen and Pissarides (1994) give rise to unemployment and a channel for the government to influence markets through institutional changes. Labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643584
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Worker flows in Germany: Inspecting the time aggregation bias
Nordmeier, Daniela - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"This paper analyzes the importance of time aggregation in the measurement of worker flows by exploiting daily information from German administrative data. Time aggregation caused by comparing monthly labor market states leads to an underestimation of total worker flows by around 10%. Contrary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010785503
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Labor market pooling and human capital investment decisions
Amend, Elke; Herbst, Patrick - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"Of the typically cited agglomeration advantages labor market pooling receives strong empirical support - yet remains under-explored theoretically. This paper presents a model of human capital formation in an imperfectly competitive, pooled local labor market with heterogeneous workers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537139