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Institutional frameworks and labor market performance: comparative views on the US and German economies
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ISBN: 0415121183 1280178876 0203982509 113480895X 9780415121187 Year: 1996 Publisher: London: Routledge,


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Institutions at work: commitment and flexibility on the German and Dutch labour markets
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ISBN: 9056350730 9789056350734 Year: 1996 Volume: 131 131 Publisher: The Hague: CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis,


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Services offshoring and its impact on the labor market : theoretical insights, empirical evidence, and economic policy recommendations for Germany
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ISBN: 3790828068 3790821985 9786612361685 1282361686 3790821993 Year: 2009 Publisher: Berlin ; Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag,

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Services – from information technology to research to finance – are now as subject to international trade as goods have been for decades. What are the labor market consequences of the recent surge in services offshoring? While offshoring has traditionally been found to affect only less-skilled workers in industrialized countries, this study finds that services offshoring also has negative consequences for high-skilled workers. Focusing on the case of Germany, Deborah Winkler shows how services offshoring has grown, who is most affected and what policy makers can do. Winkler measures the impact of services offshoring on German productivity, employment, and employment structure. She provides a well-balanced synthesis of theoretical insights, detailed empirical analysis, and economic policy recommendations. Although her main focus is on the case of Germany, many insights are also applicable to other developed countries.


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The German Labor Market Reforms and Post-Unemployment Earnings
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ISBN: 1513503332 1513564595 Year: 2015 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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In 2003–05, Germany undertook extensive labor market reforms which were followed by a large and persistent decline in unemployment. Key elements of the reforms were a drastic cut in benefits for the long-term unemployed and tighter job search and acceptance obligations. Using a large confidential data set from the German social security administration, we find that the reforms were associated with a fall in the earnings of workers returning to work from short-term unemployment relative to workers in long-term employment of about 10 percent. We interpret this as evidence that the reforms strengthened incentives to return to work but, in doing so, they adversely affected post re-entry earnings.


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Labour-market flexibility and individual careers : a comparative study
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ISBN: 9400702337 9786613086013 9400702345 1283086018 Year: 2011 Publisher: Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer,

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With labour markets across the world and even in social democratic Europe in a state of unprecedented flux, the problem of how to balance job-market demands, personal career interests and private life becomes a central issue for millions of employees. So how do modern work and employment arrangements restructure individual careers and what is required of individuals in order to manage career transitions successfully over time? This is one of very few in-depth empirical studies to analyse how labour-market trends, organizational change and the subjective work orientations of individuals interact. The author’s detailed assessment is based on a comparison of the structural contexts, work orientations and employment histories of nurses and ICT technicians in Germany and the UK. These two core service occupations, as well as the national contexts of the two European nations, have quite different working environments and vocational traditions. Nursing is an institutionalized semi-profession with clear criteria of qualification and career continuity, while information and communication technology (ICT) is a new, evolving field with workers from varied skill backgrounds and high job mobility. To arrive at an understanding of how individual career trajectories are changing, this book closely examines the interplay of labour-market demands, employees’ work and career orientations and the development of their skills. It records the ways in which employees adapt to increased labour-market flexibility, which, on the one hand, induces discontinuities of careers, employment and work, and on the other, generates new skill requirements and learning expectations, as well as unforeseen opportunities.


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Labour Markets and Demographic Change
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ISBN: 353116628X 3531914782 Year: 2009 Publisher: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften : Imprint: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften,

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This collection of research papers explores some of the salient issues relating to the impact of demographic change on the workings and outcomes of labour markets. A first chapter studies the direct impact of ageing on employment and unemployment. However, the age structure of the workforce also shapes productivity and the scope for innovation, issues which are taken up in turn. Furthermore, it is often argued that a decline in the size of the workforce may be offset by an increase in the workers’ skills and knowledge. The impact of demographic developments such as ageing and migration on the accumulation and transfer of human capital is, therefore, studied by a further set of contributions. The volume is rounded off with analyses relating to the supply of labour by women and by older workers. The authors ask, for instance, whether (female) labour migration as well as changes in retirement patterns and policies may counterbalance the expected workforce shrinking.

Can Germany be saved ? The malaise of the world's first welfare state
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ISBN: 9780262195584 0262195585 9780262512602 9786612098581 0262283700 1282098586 Year: 2007 Publisher: Cambridge: MIT Press,

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A prominent economist argues in this German bestseller that Germany can rescue its sluggish economy by transforming its social welfare system and reforming its labor market and tax structure, offering insights into economic dilemmas experienced by all advanced economies in a time of globalization.

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Competition, Unfair --- Foreign trade and employment --- Labor laws and legislation --- Labor market --- Germany --- Economic conditions --- 338 <430> --- 331.31 --- 380.23 --- DE / Germany - Duitsland - Allemagne --- -Labor market --- -Foreign trade and employment --- -Competition, Unfair --- -330.943 --- Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten--Duitsland --- Economisch beleid. --- Vorming van internationale prijzen. Internationale gelijkheden en verschillen. Concurrentievermogen. --- -338 <430> --- Competition --- Competition law --- Fair trade --- Unfair competition --- Unfair trade practices --- Commercial crimes --- Commercial law --- Industrial property --- Torts --- Advertising laws --- Employment and foreign trade --- Commerce --- International trade --- Labor supply --- Investments, Foreign, and employment --- Trade adjustment assistance --- Employees --- Market, Labor --- Supply and demand for labor --- Markets --- Employment law --- Industrial relations --- Labor law --- Labor standards (Labor law) --- Work --- Working class --- Industrial laws and legislation --- Social legislation --- Law and legislation --- Effect of international trade on --- Supply and demand --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- -Economic policy and planning (general) --- Economic policy and planning (general) --- 330.943 --- Economisch beleid --- Vorming van internationale prijzen. Internationale gelijkheden en verschillen. Concurrentievermogen --- Labor laws and legislation - Germany --- Labor market - Germany --- Foreign trade and employment - Germany --- Competition, Unfair - Germany --- Germany - Economic conditions - 1990 --- -Labor laws and legislation

Education and labour market outcomes : a French-German comparison
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ISBN: 9783790816266 3790815691 9783790815696 3790816264 Year: 2005 Publisher: Heidelberg ; New York : Mannheim : Physica-Verlag ; ZEW-Zentrum fur Europaische Wirtschaftsforschung-Centre for European Economic Research,

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This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of educational inequalities and their consequences on individual labour market outcomes for men and women in France and Germany, two countries with different education systems. Using microdata of either country, the analyses mainly rely on econometric methods. After a detailed comparison of the French and the German education systems, the social determinants of school and post-school attainment are analysed. Then, the extent to which education reduces the unemployment risk is examined, distinguishing between risk of entering unemployment, unemployment duration and recurrence of unemployment episodes. Finally, evidence is given on the impact of education on individual earnings prospects.

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Economics/Management Science. --- Labor Economics. --- Econometrics. --- Sociology. --- Economics. --- Labor economics. --- Economie politique --- Econométrie --- Economie du travail --- Sociologie --- Education -- Economic aspects -- France. --- Labor market -- France. --- Labor market -- Germany. --- Labor market --- Education --- Business & Economics --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Economic aspects --- DE / Germany - Duitsland - Allemagne --- FR / France - Frankrijk --- 332.0 --- 332.86 --- 470 --- Arbeid en arbeiders. Algemeenheden. Algemene werken en handboeken. --- Beroepsvorming en -keuze. Kredieturen. --- Openbaar onderwijs: algemeenheden. --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Sociology, general. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Economics --- Economics, Mathematical --- Statistics --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- Arbeid en arbeiders. Algemeenheden. Algemene werken en handboeken --- Beroepsvorming en -keuze. Kredieturen --- Openbaar onderwijs: algemeenheden --- Igualtat d'oportunitats educatives --- Mercat de treball --- Economia del treball --- Models economètrics --- Educació comparada --- França --- Alemanya --- Economia laboral --- Economia --- Borsa de treball --- Demanda de mà d'obra --- Demanda de treball --- Mercat laboral --- Oferta de mà d'obra --- Oferta de treball --- Oferta laboral --- Població activa --- Treball --- Absentisme laboral --- Atur --- Aturats --- Creació d'ocupació --- Empreses de treball temporal --- Oficines de col·locació --- Previsió de l'ocupació --- Recol·locació laboral --- Mobilitat laboral --- Oferta i demanda --- Orientació professional --- Política laboral --- Recursos humans --- Accés a l'educació --- Democratització de l'ensenyament --- Desigualtat d'oportunitats educatives --- Educació igualitària --- Finalitats de l'educació --- Dret a l'educació --- Educació compensatòria --- Desigualtat social --- Escola única --- Pedagogia comparada --- Educació --- Antropologia educativa --- Educació internacional --- Models econòmics --- Econometria --- Models matemàtics --- Bundesrepublik Deutschland --- Deutschland --- Europa occidental --- Països de la Unió Europea --- Països de parla alemanya --- Baden-Württemberg (Alemanya) --- Baixa Saxònia (Alemanya) --- Baviera (Alemanya) --- Berlín (Alemanya) --- Brandenburg (Alemanya) --- Bremen (Alemanya) --- Hamburg (Alemanya) --- Hessen (Alemanya) --- Rin del Nord-Westfàlia (Alemanya) --- Saarland (Alemanya) --- Alemanya (República Democràtica) --- Alemanya (República Federal) --- Germània --- Sacre Imperi Romanogermànic --- République Française --- Alsàcia (França) --- Alta Normandia (França) --- Ardenes --- Alvèrnia (França) --- Argonne (França) --- Aquitània (França) --- Baixa Normandia (França) --- Borgonya (França) --- Bretanya (França) --- Centre (França) --- Còrsega (França) --- Dordonya (França : Curs d'aigua) --- Durance (França : Curs d'aigua) --- Franc Comtat (França) --- França del Sud --- Gâtinais (França) --- Illa de França (França) --- Llemosí (França) --- Llenguadoc-Rosselló (França) --- Lleó, Golf del (França) --- Lorena (França) --- Martinica --- Massís Central (França) --- Migdia-Pirineus (França) --- Nord-Pas-de-Calais (França) --- País del Loira (França) --- Parc national des Ecrins (França) --- París (França : Conca) --- Picardia (França) --- Provença-Alps-Costa Blava (França) --- Roine-Alps (França) --- Savoia (Europa : Regió històrica) --- Vosges (França : Serralada) --- Xampanya-Ardenes (França) --- Gàl·lia --- França.

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