Worker Flows, Match Quality and Productivity – Evidence from European Micro Data
The project aims at analysing the influence of worker flows on
productivity through the channels of worker reallocation and worker-firm
match quality, and at studying the determinants of worker flows and
match quality. In order to do so, we analyse worker flows between and
within regions and industries for a large number of European countries,
and examine the importance of match quality for productivity and wage
differentials for two case study countries using linked
employer-employee data. A specific focus is on the role of labour market
institutions in this context. Finally, a theoretical analysis computes
the potential gains from reducing costs of worker mobility.
Publications
Project start:
01. January 2016
Project end:
30. September 2019
Project management:
Dr. Hanna Frings, Prof. Dr. Ronald Bachmann
Project staff:
Rahel Felder, Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer,
Rebecca Kamb
Project partners:
Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute,
Universität Aarhus,
Europäische Zentralbank,
Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics,
Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel
Funding:
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft