Browsing by Author "Mertens, Antje"

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1999-01-01Buch

Estimating Wage Losses of Displaced Workers in Germany

Burda, Michael; Mertens, Antje

This paper investigates the effect of displacement on reemployment wages of socially insured West German workers who became unemployed in 1986. Because detailed information on the cause of job loss is unavailable, displacement ...
2005-10-12Buch

Fixed-term contracts in East and West Germany

low wages, poor prospects?

McGinnity, Frances; Mertens, Antje

Amid lively debate on the consequences of temporary employment, the paper examines the wages and transitions of temporary employees in Germany using socio-economic panel data from the late 1990s. Compared to simple OLS ...
1997-05-01Buch

Industrielle und berufliche Mobilität

Eine Untersuchung auf Basis der IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe

Mertens, Antje
1999-08-01Buch

Job Stability Trends and Labor Market (Re-)Entry in West Germany 1984-1997

Mertens, Antje

This paper investigates whether job stability in western Germany shows any signs of decline and compares the findings to evidence for the US and the UK. Cross sectional data and calendar information from the German ...
2000-12-01Buch

Job Stability Trends, Layoffs and Quits

An Empirical Analysis for West Germany

Bergemann, Annette; Mertens, Antje

This paper studies signs and reasons of decline of job stability in West Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel 1984-1997, we look at two measures for job stability. Based on repeated cross sectional data ...
2001-10-12Buch

Overeducation, Undereducation, and the Theory of Career Mobility

Büchel, Felix; Mertens, Antje

The theory of career mobility (Sicherman and Galor 1990) claims that wage penalties for overeducated workers are compensated by better promotion prospects. Sicherman (1991) was able to confirm this theory in an empirical ...
2005-10-07Buch

Training Systems and Labor Mobility

A Comparison between Germany and Sweden

Korpi, Tomas; Mertens, Antje

The impact of general and specific training on income and mobility is an important issue for the discussion around human capital as well as the design of educational systems. Using data from two retrospective life-history ...