Increasingly, firms are considering the adoption of new work practices, such as problem-solving teams, enhanced communication with workers, employment security, flexibility in job assignments, training workers for multiple jobs, and greater reliance on incentive pay. This paper provides...

Niedrige Geburtenraten und eine gleichzeitige Steigerung der Lebensdauer führen in Zukunft zu einer erheblichen Veränderung der Altersstrukturen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. In seinem Kommentar befasst sich Hartmut Buck, Fraunhofer IAO, Stuttgart, mit der Frage, wie mit einem steigenden Anteil...

The employment rate for workers 55 and over has been increasing across the world for the last decade. This creates opportunities for employers to diversify their workforce and retain valuable knowledge and skills, while at the same time posing the challenge of rising labor costs and blocked...

Many researchers in both economics departments and business schools recently have become interested in examining how much of an effect human resource decisions and policies have on firm performance. This paper surveys the literature on unionism and productivity and discusses its implications for...

Cross-sectional differences are associated with differences in the intensity with which venture capitalists network. The observable factors relevant in explaining the intensity with which venture capitalists network include: 1) the value of the information transmitted through the network, 2) the...

We find widespread evidence of firms appearing to avoid paying overtime wages by exploiting a federal law that allows them to do so for employees termed as "managers" and paid a salary above a pre-defined dollar threshold. We show that listings for salaried positions with managerial titles...

We examine whether the job characteristics of physical demands and environmental conditions affect individual's health. Five-year cumulative measures of these job characteristics are used to reflect findings in the biologic and physiologic literature that indicate that cumulative exposure to...

Correspondence studies have found evidence of age discrimination in callback rates for older workers, but less is known about whether job advertisements can themselves shape the age composition of the applicant pool. We construct job ads for administrative assistant, retail, and security guard...

Das ifo Institut hat im Frühjahr dieses Jahres eine Befragung unter 1 100 Unternehmen aller Branchen und Größenklassen durchgeführt, mit der festgestellt werden sollte, welche Strategien die deutschen Unternehmen in den letzten Jahren ergriffen haben, um die wirtschaftliche Schwächephase zu...

Das ifo Institut befragte im ersten Quartal 2010 Personalleiter von etwa 1 000 Unternehmen zu ihren Planungen hinsichtlich der Kurzarbeit für das laufende Jahr. Die Umfrageergebnisse zeigen, dass bei einem Großteil der Firmen die derzeit kurzarbeitenden Angestellten auch in Zukunft im...