Perspectives of workers with low qualifications in Germany under the pressures of globalization and technical progress

Hagemann, Harald; Rukwid, Ralf

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Hagemann, Harald ; Rukwid, Ralf

Perspectives of workers with low qualifications in Germany under the pressures of globalization and technical progress

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URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-2425
URL: http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2008/242/

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SWD-Schlagwörter:

Arbeitslosigkeit , Globalisierung , Geringe Qualifikation , Lohntheorie

Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch):

low-skilled labour , unemployment , wage inequality , globalization , skill-based technological change

Institut:

Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (bis 2010)

DDC-Sachgruppe:

Wirtschaft

Dokumentart:

ResearchPaper

Schriftenreihe:

Hohenheimer Diskussionsbeiträge

Bandnummer:

291

Sprache:

Englisch

Erstellungsjahr:

2007

Publikationsdatum:

18.02.2008

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Veröffentlichungsvertrag mit der Universitätsbibliothek Hohenheim ohne Print-on-Demand

Kurzfassung auf Englisch:

This paper gives a detailed analysis of the perspectives of workers with low qualifications in Germany under the twofold pressures of globalization and technological change. First, alternative explanations for the skill-bias in the development of labour demand are discussed, with particular emphasis on the ?trade versus technology? debate. The consequences of the demand shift away from low-skilled labour in Germany are examined in a detailed empirical analysis
of the development of (un)employment problems differentiated for qualification groups. Compared to other advanced economies, Germany shows a higher unemployment rate among less-qualified workers which is generally associated with a lack of flexibility in the German wage structure. However, an analysis of German, U.S. and British wage data based on the Cross National Equivalent File (CNEF) does not confirm the assumption of a simple monocausal relationship between wage disparity and the intensity of group-specific unemployment. Finally, some political approaches for an improvement of the job prospects of less-qualified persons in Germany are outlined briefly and evaluated against the background of the empirical results.