Labor market outcomes and industrial dynamics in the knowledge economy

Abstract

"This dissertation is a collection of four independent research papers that empirically analyze different topics at the intersection of innovation, industrial and labor economics. Using linked micro data on the East-to-West migration of inventors in Germany after the fall of the Iron Curtain, the first paper shows how publicly observable performance signals such as patent track records systematically substitute for the use of social ties in labor market access. In the second paper, wage differentials across high-tech start-ups in Germany are analyzed with a focus on the role of academia-to-industry knowledge transfer. The remaining papers contribute two studies to the literature, which improve the statistical modeling of the industrial life cycle and facilitate the analysis of industrial dynamics in the context of technological change, by providing a novel concordance table that enables researchers to combine industrial and patent data." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))<br> Contents:<br> - Introduction - Social Ties for Labor Market Access - Lessons from the Migration of East German Inventors<br> - Wages in High-Tech Start-Ups - Do Academic Spin-Offs Pay a Wage Premium?<br> - Is There a Life Cycle in All Industries? First Evidence from Industry Size Dynamics in West Germany<br> - A Novel Technology-Industry Concordance Table Based on LinkedInventor-Establishment Data

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Dorner, M. (2018): Labor market outcomes and industrial dynamics in the knowledge economy. Empirical analyses of Germany. Marburg an der Lahn, 213 p.