This paper considers training, mobility decisions and wages together to test for the specificity of human capital … contained in continuing training courses. We empirically analyse the relationship between training, mobility and wages in two … ways. First, we examine the correlation between training and mobility. In a second step, we consider wage effects of …

This paper considers training, mobility decisions and wages together to test for the specificity of human capital … contained in continuing training courses. We empirically analyse the relationship between training, mobility and wages in two … ways. First, we examine the correlation between training and mobility. In a second step, we consider wage effects of …

find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …

We investigate the impact of consumer search and competition on pricing strategies in Germany's electricity retail. We … utilize a unique panel dataset on spatially varying search requests at major online price comparison websites to construct a … direct measure of search intensity and combine this information with zip code level data on electricity tariffs between 2011 …

We examine the relation between consumer search and equilibrium prices when collusion is endogenously determined. We …

We study how consumer search affects pricing in markets with incumbents and entrants using panel data on German … electricity retail markets. Consumers observe the baseline price of the incumbent and decide whether or not to search. Incumbent … baseline rate while entrants decrease their tariffs if consumer search increases. Moreover, the incumbent price discriminates …

Job mobility and employment durations can be explained by different theoretical approaches, such as job matching or …

This paper explores the role of R&D worker mobility on innovation performance. As one main novelty, we employ churning … as a measure for worker mobility. Churning depicts the number of workers which are replaced by new ones. It is a very …

Job mobility and employment durations can be explained by different theoretical approaches, such as job matching or …

This paper explores the role of R&D worker mobility on innovation performance. As one main novelty, we employ churning … as a measure for worker mobility. Churning depicts the number of workers which are replaced by new ones. It is a very …