Why didn't the college premium rise everywhere? Employment protection and on-the-job investment in skills

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Why has the college wage premium risen rapidly in the United States since the 1980s, but not in European economies such as Germany? We argue that differences in employment protection can account for much of the gap. We develop a model in which firms and workers make relationship-specific investments in skill accumulation. The incentive to invest is stronger when employment protection creates an expectation of long-lasting matches. We argue that changes in the economic environment have reduced relationship-specific investment for less-educated workers in the United States, but not for better-protected workers in Germany.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 1093

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: Bildungsertrag ; Arbeitnehmerschutz ; Betriebliches Bildungsmanagement ; Bildungsinvestition ; USA ; Deutschland

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Doepke, Matthias ; Gaetani, Ruben
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (wo): Berlin
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/222653
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ