"The study attempts to record the present discussion surrounding the demand for additional qualified employees in the context of a company-internal search model. In these theoretical approaches, the companies determine a best possible strategy for searching for new labour. For this purpose, they...

"The study attempts to record the present discussion surrounding the demand for additional qualified employees in the context of a company-internal search model. In these theoretical approaches, the companies determine a best possible strategy for searching for new labour. For this purpose, they...

Models of labor demand usually use cost or production functions to derive profit maximizing firm performance. These models often rely on the assumption of symmetric behavior, that is, the response to a positive or negative wage shock of the same relative size is identical to the shock, and the...

The analysis deals with the influence of exporting on the demand for workers with different skill levels. Previous literature suggests that this includes two major topics. First, productivity of exporting firms may increase due to learning facts after entering international markets and/or be...

Seit 1995 führt die Projektgruppe ,IAB-Betriebspanel"" regelmäßig ein jährliches Forschungstreffen durch. In dieser Tradition fand am 4./5. Oktober 2001 die 7. Veranstaltung dieser Art zum Thema ,Betriebliche Reorganisation und Fachkräftebedarf"" in Iphofen statt. Der Band dokumentiert die...