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Berufliche Weiterbildung und Arbeitsplatzrisiko : ein Matching-Ansatz

Christensen, Björn - 2001

estimation of a hazardrate model with competing risks. The results of the estimations of the training effect show that the risk …

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Firing tax vs. severance payment : an unequal comparison

Wesselbaum, Dennis - 2010

Empirical evidence indicates that lay-off costs consist of two elements, namely firing costs and severance payments. This paper investigates business cycle and steady state effects of firing costs and severance payments and discusses the differences. We find that severance payments imply a lower...

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Qualifikationsanforderungen und Arbeitsformen in der Neuen Ökonomie

Christensen, Björn - 2001

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die Auswirkungen der Neuen Ökonomie auf den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Neue Berufsfelder weisen nach dieser Untersuchung eine große und zunehmende Bedeutung auf. Gekennzeichnet ist diese Entwicklung durch verstärkte Humankapital- und Flexibilitätsanforderungen...

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Extensive vs. intensive margin in Germany and the United States : any differences?

Merkl, Christian; Wesselbaum, Dennis - 2009

This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older U.S. studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...

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Causes and consequences of merger waves

Kleinert, Jörn; Klodt, Henning - 2002

This paper presents some ideas about determinants of merger waves and some evidence on their effect on profitability and employment. A brief survey of previous merger waves and an analysis of the recent one give support to the hypothesis that sectoral shocks are at the root of merger waves....

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Sector-specific productivity shocks in a matching model

Wesselbaum, Dennis - 2010

Shocks driving the business cycle have different effects on low-skilled and high-skilled workers. This paper studies the effects of temporary and permanent sector-specific shocks in a New Keynesian matching model. We show that temporary sector-specific shocks have reallaction and aggregate...

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A tale of two countries: a comparison of the aggregate effects of sectoral reallocation in the United States and Germany

Reicher, Christopher Phillip - 2011

This paper compares the aggregate effects of sectoral reallocation in the United States and Western Germany using a stochastic volatility model of sectoral employment growth. Reallocative shocks have no effect on the natural rate of unemployment in either country, and there is mild evidence that...

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The aggregate effects of long run sectoral reallocation

Reicher, Christopher Phillip - 2011

In this paper, I estimate a series of long run reallocative shocks to sectoral employment using a stochastic volatility model of sectoral employment growth for the United States from 1960 through 2011. Reallocative shocks (which primarily measure construction and technology busts) have little...

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Employment protection and firm relocation : theory and evidence

Dewit, Gerda; Görg, Holger; Temouri, Yama - 2018

We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that particular firm-specific features play a crucial role for the link between employment protection and relocation. Stricter employment protection laws in the current...

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Web switching and international outsourcing : a matching approach

Hanley, Aoife; Ott, Ingrid - 2010

procurement increases international services outsourcing by between 1.6 and 2.5 percent for the FE and D-in-D matching estimators …. Although no existing work has yet reported effects for international materials outsourcing we find that Web procurement … decreases international materials outsourcing by between 2.2 and 3.7 percent. -- International outsourcing ; heterogeneous …

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