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Wages and Employment Across Skill Groups
Bernd Fitzenberger
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Paperback. Investigates whether West German unemployment is due to a lack of wage flexibility. The skill bias in the labour market seems to offer only two choices: greater wage inequality or higher unemployment. Whether and how this theory is consistent with the experience of West Germany is examined closely. Series: ZEW Economic Studies. Num Pages: 252 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFGW; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 840.
For some time, it has been debated whether a lack of wage flexibility is at the roots of the high and persistent unemployment in West Germany. In the presence of a skill bias in labor demand, which increases the relative de mand for more highly skilled labor over time, there only seems to exist the choice between higher wage inequality or higher unemployment rates. This study scrutinizes whether and in what way this line of thought is consis tent with empirical findings for West Germany. The analysis ranges from extensive descriptive evidence on wage trends to the estimation of a ... Read more
For some time, it has been debated whether a lack of wage flexibility is at the roots of the high and persistent unemployment in West Germany. In the presence of a skill bias in labor demand, which increases the relative de mand for more highly skilled labor over time, there only seems to exist the choice between higher wage inequality or higher unemployment rates. This study scrutinizes whether and in what way this line of thought is consis tent with empirical findings for West Germany. The analysis ranges from extensive descriptive evidence on wage trends to the estimation of a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Series
ZEW Economic Studies
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Heidelberg, Germany
ISBN
9783790812350
SKU
V9783790812350
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99-15
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