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A dynamic heterogeneous labour demand model for German manufacturing

Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2000

a somewhat higher wage elasticity in absolute terms than medium-skilled labour. A small part of shift in demand away …

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Outsourcing of services, imported materials and the demand for heterogeneous labour : an application of a generalised Box-Cox function

Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand M. - 2000

This paper examines the effects that purchased services and imported intermediate materials have on the labour demand for different skills in the manufacturing sector. We derive and estimate a factor demand system based on the generalised Box-Cox cost function nesting both the normalised...

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Skill wage premia, employment, and cohort effects : are workers in Germany all of the same type?

Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); Kohn, Karsten (contributor) - 2006

This paper studies the relationship between employment and wage structures in West Germany based on the IAB employment … as important dimensions of heterogeneity. After having identified cohort effects in skill wage premia and in the … simulate the magnitude of wage changes within the respective skill groups that would have been necessary to halve skill …

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Organizational change, new information and communication technologies and the demand for labor in services

Falk, Martin - 2001

Between 1993 and 1995, the majority of German firms in services introduced new organizational practices (OC), in particular total quality management systems, certified ISO 9000, lean administration, flatter hierarchies, delegation of authority and ICT-enabled organizational changes). This paper...

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Training, mobility, and wages : specific versus general human capital

Garloff, Alfred (contributor); Kuckulenz, Anja (contributor) - 2005

ways. First, we examine the correlation between training and mobility. In a second step, we consider wage effects of …

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East-West German wage convergence - how far have we got?

Steiner, Viktor; Wagner, Kersten - 1997

transfers than productivity improvements of the east German economy. For political reasons, wage increases stipulated in …

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How much does a year off cost? : estimating the wage effects of employment breaks and part-time periods

Beblo, Miriam; Wolf, Elke - 2000

Discontinuities in the employment profile are supposed to cause wage cuts since they imply an interruption in the … significant wage cuts owing to the depreciation of human capital. Postponing the discontinuity leads to a further fall of the wage … depreciation rates. This we interpret as an indication for segregation in the labor market. We conclude that traditional wage …

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The rationale for wage rigidity : survey evidence from German and US firms

Franz, Wolfgang (contributor); … - 2002

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Does skill-biased technical change diffuse internationally?

Schulte, Patrick - 2015

This paper studies the question whether skill-biased technical change diffuses internationally and that way contributes to the increasing relative skill demand in other countries. So far, the role of skill-biased technology diffusion has hardly been studied empirically. Using new sectoral data...

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Human capital and innovation in East and West German manufacturing firms

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1997

of economic transformation, the type of firms, wage setting behaviour and public policy. The results suggest that in the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440719

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