Although an inverse relationship between sickness absence and unemployment has beendocumented in a number of studies using either quarterly or annual data from differentcountries with varying institutional frameworks, it is not yet clear whether this empiricalregularity is due to changes in the...

We investigate an experimental representatives’ trust game which resembles trust relation-ships between representatives of organisations. Personality traits of subjects are elicited by a personality questionnaire (Cattell’s 16 PF-R) which is well established in personnel psychology. For the...

In games of social learning individuals tend to give too much weight to their own private information relative to the information that is conveyed by the choices of others. In this paper we investigate differences between individuals and small groups as decision makers in information cascade...

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht mit repräsentativen Daten für Deutschland die Auswirkungen moderner Arbeitsorganisation, die durch Autonomie und Aufgabenvielfalt der Arbeitsstelle kennzeichnet ist, auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit. Die empirische Untersuchung basiert auf dem ökonomischen Ansatz...

This paper sheds new light on the role of regional labor market conditions for regional mobility. We study competition for vacant jobs along two dimensions - between employed and unemployed job searchers, and between resident and non-resident job searchers - within a simple matching framework....

We investigate an experimental representatives' trust game which resembles trust relationships between representatives of organisations. Personality traits of subjects are elicited by a personality questionnaire (Cattell's 16 PF-R) which is well established in personnel psychology. Linking the...

Der Beitrag liefert einen Überblick über verschiedene Methoden zur Messung des Erfolgs betrieblicher Trainingsmaßnahmen mit einem besonderen Augenmerk auf einem Vergleich der Ausgestaltung der Ergebnisevaluation. Hierzu erfolgt eine Darstellung der Programmevaluation in der...

This paper investigates gender differentials in the aftermath of vocational training in Germany. The study documents the existence of substantial gender wage gaps for the homogeneous group of individuals with completed apprenticeship training. Evidence is presented that the gender differential...