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A guide to preparing the sample of integrated labour market biographies (SIAB, version 7519 v1) for scientific analysis

open access: yesJournal for Labour Market Research, 2023
The Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB) is the most frequently requested data set provided by the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).
Heiko Stüber   +2 more
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Employment Inequalities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This paper documents the employment disadvantage faced by the less qualified part of the labor force and examines the factors that influence the differing extent of this disadvantage across OECD countries. We argue that employment rates for quartiles of the population ranked by educational qualification provide the best measure of employment ...
Andrew Glyn, Wiemer Salverda
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Assisted Vocational Training in Germany: Individual Support for Disadvantaged Young People in their Transition to Vocational Training

open access: yesNordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance, 2022
This paper describes the development and implementation of Assisted Training (Assistierte Ausbildung, AsA) in Germany. The instrument was developed to offer disadvantaged young people positive experiences in training, the transition from school to ...
Angela Ulrich   +2 more
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Employer’s investments in hospital workers’ employability and employment opportunities

open access: yesPersonnel Review, 2016
Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between employer’s investments (through job characteristics and managerial support) and employees’ employment opportunities, with employability, conceptualized as perceived up-to-date expertise and willingness to change, as a mediating variable.Design/methodology/approach– Hypotheses are
van Harten, E.J.   +2 more
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The Impact of Pre- and Postarrival Mechanisms on Self-rated Health and Life Satisfaction Among Refugees in Germany

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2021
In this study, we focus on the evolution of refugees’ well-being in the first years after their arrival in Germany. In contrast to other immigrants (e.g., labor migrants), refugees experience higher risks of unexpected and traumatic events and insecurity
Elena Ambrosetti   +4 more
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Employer Power and Employment in Developing Countries

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2022
The issue of employer power is underemphasized in the development literature. The default model is usually one of competitive labour markets. This assumption matters for analysis and policy prescription. There is growing evidence that the competitive labour markets assumption is not valid for employment in developing countries.
Chau, Nancy H.   +2 more
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Of carrots and sticks: the effect of workfare announcements on the job search behaviour and reservation wage of welfare recipients

open access: yesJournal for Labour Market Research, 2018
The German workfare scheme ‘One-Euro-Jobs’, which provides additional jobs of public interest for welfare recipients, has a number of different goals. On the one hand, One-Euro-Jobs are intended to increase the participants’ employment prospects in the ...
Katrin Hohmeyer, Joachim Wolff
doaj   +1 more source

Smoother School-to-Work Trajectories in the Early 2010s? Evidence for School-Leavers With At Most Intermediate-Level Certificates and Regional Disparities in Germany

open access: yesSwiss Journal of Sociology, 2023
The study examines differences in the school-to-work trajectories (STWT) across time and federal states in Germany. It uses administrative data of school-leavers with at most intermediate-level certificates from 2009, 2011 and 2013.
Achatz Juliane, Schels Brigitte
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“We are a Motley Crew” Career Presentations of Men and Women Working at the University-Industry-Interface

open access: yesJournal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2010
Entrepreneurial activities of faculty have received increasing attention in research. In contrast, little is known about the careers and activities of the women and men working at the university-industry-interface.
Juliane Achatz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unit nonresponse at the firm level: a cross-border analysis using the IAB-ReLOC data

open access: yesJournal for Labour Market Research, 2019
The labour market effects of foreign direct investments (FDI) are a topic of constant interest. However, research progress is hindered as most datasets applied in research on this topic suffer from selectivity with respect to firm size.
Veronika Hecht   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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