SKILLS, WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT IN EAST AND WEST-GERMANY

Authors
FITZROY F FUNKE M
Citation
F. Fitzroy et M. Funke, SKILLS, WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT IN EAST AND WEST-GERMANY, Regional studies, 32(5), 1998, pp. 459-467
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Studies
Journal title
Regional studies → ACNP
ISSN journal
00343404
Volume
32
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
459 - 467
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-3404(1998)32:5<459:SWAEIE>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Disaggregated data from 28 two-digit manufacturing industries in the e ast and west parts of unified Germany are used to estimate employment for three skill categories of blue collar workers. Employment elastici ties are uniformly higher for unskilled labour. The results contradict union claims that wages had little relevance for east German job loss es, and confirm the capital skill complementarity hypothesis.