We analyze the economic factors which have contributed to the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in German manufacturing, in particular the role played by the relatively rigid earnings…
Häufig werden Zweifel laut, ob die von der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit angebotenen Fortbildungs- und Umschulungsmaßnahmen (FuU-Maßnahmen) zu einer Verringerung der Arbeitslosigkeit beitragen und die behaupteten…
In the 1980s benefit-entitlement periods for older workers with long previous employment have been extended considerably in several steps. At the same time, income replacement ratios have been slightly reduced…
This paper gives a short overview of Monte Carlo studies on the usefulness of Heckman's (1976, 1979) two-step estimator for estimating a selection model. It shows that exploratory work to check for collinearity…
We analyse the Polish wage and unemployment structure between 1992 and 1995 on the basis of the Polish Labour Force Survey. It is shown that within this period wage inequality has stabilised. Surprisingly,…
Humankapital hat sich als einer der wichtigsten Standortfaktoren der Industriegesellschaft und erst recht des technologieintensiven und exportorientierten Baden-Württemberg herauskristal-lisiert. Eine…