The demand for labor: An analysis using matched employer-employee data from the German LIAB. Will the high unskilled worker own-wage elasticity please stand up?

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-137

  Addison, John T ^a,b   Bellmann, Lutz ^c   Schank, Thorsten ^d   Teixeira, Paulino ^e  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cost functions; Labor demand elasticities; Matching; Organizational change; Technology; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449090526     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-007-9026-x     Document Type: Article

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