“...Existing evidence on peer effects in the productivity of coworkers stems from either laboratory experiments or real-world studies referring to a specific firm...”

“...This paper shows that wage inequality in West Germany has increased over the past three decades, contrary to common perceptions. During the 1980s, the increase...”

“...We examine heterogeneous treatment effects of a universal child care program in Germany by exploiting variation in attendance caused by a reform that led to a...”

“...This article studies how portable skills accumulated in the labor market are. Using rich data on tasks performed in occupations, we propose the concept of...”

“...Recent evidence suggests that employers acquire more precise information about a worker’s productivity the more time he or she spends in the labor market. The...”

“...This article derives novel testable implications of referral-based job search networks in which employees provide employers with information about potential...”

“...This paper evaluates the impact of three major expansions in maternity leave coverage in Germany on children's long-run outcomes. To identify the causal impact...”

“...This paper investigates whether unions, through imposing wage floors that lead to wage compression, increase on-the-job training. Our analysis focuses on...”

“...This paper studies a possible market failure in the firm-based vocational training market: training may be too complex to be specified in a contract so that it...”

“...Abstract Using administrative data on firms and workers in Germany, we quantify the spillover effects of mass layoffs. Our empirical strategy combines matching...”