This paper examines the determinants of gross labour flows in a context where modeling the migration decision as a wage-maximizing process may be inadequate due to regional wage rigidities that result from central wage bargaining. In such a context, the framework that has been developed by...

This paper examines the determinants of gross labour flows in a context where modeling the migration decision as a wage-maximizing process may be inadequate due to regional wage rigidities that result from central wage bargaining. In such a context, the framework that has been developed by...

This paper examines the determinants of internal migration in a context where wages tend to be rather inflexible at a regional scale so that regional labor demand shocks have a prolonged impact on employment rates. Regional income differentials, then, reflect both regional pay and employment...

In der öffentlichen Debatte werden vor dem Hintergrund von Studien zur Automatisierbarkeit von Berufen immer wieder Stimmen laut, dass Industrie 4.0 und Digitalisierung massive Jobverluste nach sich ziehen könnten. Der lange Weg von der Entwicklung neuer Technologien in die betriebliche Praxis...

Während der Covid-19-Pandemie kam es entgegen der öffentlich herrschenden Meinung zu keiner Beschleunigung der digitalen Transformation in Deutschland. Das zeigen Ergebnisse der neuen Betriebsbefragung "Arbeitswelt 4.0" vom Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), dem...

This paper examines the determinants of gross labor flows in a context where modeling the migration decision as a wage-maximizing process may be inadequate due to regional wage rigidities that result from central wage bargaining. In such a context, the framework that has been developed by Borjas...

This paper contributes to the sparse literature on employment spillovers on minimum wages by exploiting the minimum wage introduction and subsequent increases in the German roofing sector that gave rise to an internationally unprecedented hard bite of a minimum wage. We look at the chances of...

This paper contributes to the sparse literature on employment spillovers on minimum wages by exploiting the minimum wage introduction and subsequent increases in the German roofing sector that gave rise to an internationally unprecedented hard bite of a minimum wage. We look at the chances of...