Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die bildungs- und arbeitsmarktpolitischen Implikationen der Überqualifizierungsforschung darzulegen. Zunächst wird ein breiter Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Überqualifizierungsforschung gegeben. Anschließend wird das ökonomische Standardmodell durch ein...

In this paper, we consider the market for video games, where some firms are active in both, the market for video games hardware and software. It is puzzling that hardware can be easily made compatible with duplicated (i.e. pirated) software. We ask, whether there exist strategic reasons...

In a multi-task, market-based promotion tournament model, under different environments concerning employer learning about worker ability, it is shown that:i) Asymmetric learning in multi-task jobs is a necessary condition for "strategic shirking" (i.e., underperforming on certain tasks to...

We study how the presence of promotion competition in the labor market affects household specialization patterns. By embedding a promotion tournament model in a household setting, we show that specialization can emerge as a consequence of competitive work incentives. This specialization outcome,...