Seit 2007 wird im Projekt QuBe über die zukünftige Entwicklung des Arbeitsmarkts und deren Folgen geforscht. Der Reader stellt die Annahmen, Daten und die Basis der Projektionen vor, die im Projekt QuBe genutzt werden. Projektionen über die Entwicklung des Arbeitsmarkts ergeben sich aus der...

Das Projekt erarbeitete eine Bestandsaufnahme und kritische Diskussion gängiger Bildungsindikatoren im internationalen Vergleich aus interdisziplinärer und bildungsökonomischer Sicht. Im Fokus standen OECD-Indikatoren zu Bildungsabschlüssen, zu Schüler- und Erwachsenenkompetenzen (PISA,...

Economics

At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage p olicy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled-biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....

The astonishing transformation of the German economy from the 'sick man of Europe' to a lean and highly competitive economy is predominantly due to the decentralisation of wage bargaining rather than government labour market reforms.

This thesis is comprised of three chapters. The first chapter develops a statistical model that enriches the role that firms playin wage determination, allowing firms to influence both average wages as well as the returns to observable worker characteristics. I exploit the hierarchical nature of...

This paper examines the changes in relative earnings of workers with different education levels during Vietnam’s transition. It is found that females enjoy a higher return to education than males do in 1998, reversing the situation observed five years ago. A large fall in the returns to...

One consequence of demographic change is substantial shifts in the age distribution of the workingage population. As the baby boom generation ages, the usual historical pattern of a high ratio of younger workers relative to older workers has been replaced by a pattern of roughly equal...

We study changes in the wage structures in nine EU countries over 1995-2002 and the role of demand, supply and institutional developments in shaping these changes. Using comparable cross-country microeconomic data, we compute for each country and at each decile of the wage distribution, the part...