Heitger, Bernhard; Stehn, Jürgen - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2003
The paper empirically examines three possible reasons for the high and rising unemployment of low-skilled employees in … Germany: (i) an upsurge in interindustry trade, (ii) a skill-biased technical change, and (iii) a failure of labour market … in Germany. Thus, economic policy in Germany should focus on improving the employability of workers in the lower segment …
