In dieser Arbeit werden Personalstammdaten eines großen Unternehmens des verarbeitenden Gewerbes genutzt, in der die Belegschaft in Arbeiter, technische und kaufmännische Angestellte untergliedert ist. Im Sinne von Doeringer und Piore (1971) kann gezeigt werden, dass der interne Arbeitsmarkt...

Research on self-employment has increased during recent years and particular attention has been paid to self-employment dynamics and the factors influencing entry and exit rates from self-employment. Using a large panel data set for Sweden, this paper investigates variations in recruitment to...

With the use of comparable data from seven West African capitals, we attempt to assess the rationale behind development policies targeting high rates of school enrolment through the prism of allocation of labour and returns to skills across the formal and informal sectors...

We evaluate the information content of admission conditions for study programs quality by investigating its relationship with graduates employability. We find that study programs with larger numeri clausi are associated with a higher probability of finding a job. Additionally, compulsory...

This paper uses efficiency wage theory and the existence of community-based sharing to hypothesize that labor markets in developing countries have multiple equilibria - the same economy can be stuck at different levels of unemployment with different levels of wages. The model is meant for...