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Orginal Articles Tommaso Ferraresi, Andrea Roventini and Willi Semmler: Macroeconomic Regimes, Technological Shocks and Employment Dynamics JBNST - Vol. 239/4 - 2019, pp. 599-626.
+ show abstract- hide abstractThe debate about the impact of technology on employment has always
had a central role in economic theory. At the same time, the nexus of technological
progress and employment might depend on macroeconomic regimes. In this work
we investigate the interrelations among technology, output and employment in
the U.S. economy in growth recessions vs. growth expansions. More precisely,
using U.S. data we estimate different threshold vector autoregressions (TVARs)
with TFP, hours, and GDP, employing the latter as threshold variable, and assess
the generalized impulse responses of GDP and hours as to TFP shocks. For our
entire period of observation, 1957Q1–2011Q4, positive technology shocks, while
spurring GDP growth, by and large, display a negative effect on hours worked in
growth recessions, but they are not significantly different from zero in good times.
Yet, since the mid eighties (1984Q1–2011Q4) productivity shocks increase hours
worked in low growth periods. The results are mainly driven by the response of
labor along the extensive margin (number of employees), and remain persistent
so in the face of a battery of robustness checks.
Carolin Martin and Frank Westerhoff: Regulating Speculative Housing Markets via Public Housing Construction Programs: Insights from a Heterogeneous Agent Model JBNST - Vol. 239/4 - 2019, pp. 627-660.
+ show abstract- hide abstractSince the instability of housing markets may be quite harmful for the
real economy, we explore whether public housing construction programs may
tame housing market fluctuations. As a workhorse, we use a behavioral stock-flow
housing market model in which the complex interplay between speculative and
real forces triggers reasonable housing market dynamics. Simulations reveal that
plausible and well-intended policy measures may turn out to be a mixed blessing. While public housing construction programs may reduce house prices, they
seem to be incapable of bringing house prices much closer towards their fundamental values. In addition, these programs tend to drive out private housing
constructions. Sandra Dummert, Ute Leber and Barbara Schwengler: Unfilled Training Positions in Germany – Regional and Establishment-Specific Determinants JBNST - Vol. 239/4 - 2019, pp. 661-701.
+ show abstract- hide abstractThe current situation in the German apprenticeship market is characterized by two contradictory developments. On the one hand, establishments are
experiencing increasing problems filling the training positions they offer, and
the number of vacant training positions is climbing. On the other hand, the
transition into training is still difficult for many young people, and the number
of unsuccessful vocational training applicants is rising. Hence, matching supply
with demand is becoming increasingly difficult in the German job market for
training positions. Using the Linked Employer-Employee dataset (LIAB) from the
Institute for Employment Research (IAB), our paper provides a closer examination of the phenomenon of unfilled training positions. It presents an overview of
the evolution of vacant training positions in eastern and western Germany and
attempts to explain the number of vacancies by investigating the factors responsible for the establishments’ inability to fill their training positions. We assume
that training position vacancies are due not only to internal company reasons
such as firm size or the wage offer for apprentices but also to external conditions
such as general regional factors. Therefore, our analysis also considers the
situation on the demand side of the labor market within a region. The results
of our multilevel mixed-effects estimations show that in addition to characteristics on the enterprise level, regional determinants also affect the share of
vacant apprenticeships. With respect to establishment-related factors, mainly
characteristics that describe the attractiveness of the firm prove to be important.
With regard to regional-specific factors, we find that the availability of school
leavers in a region in addition to the level of regional-sectoral competition
impacts the recruiting success of establishments. Our analysis also shows that there are remarkable differences between eastern and western Germany concerning both the quantitative importance of unfilled training positions and the
factors affecting them.
Under Debate Norbert Hirschauer, Sven Grüner, Oliver Mußhoff and Claudia Becker: Twenty Steps Towards an Adequate Inferential Interpretation of p-Values in Econometrics JBNST - Vol. 239/4 - 2019, pp. 703-721.
+ show abstract- hide abstractWe suggest twenty immediately actionable steps to reduce widespread
inferential errors related to “statistical significance testing.” Our propositions
refer to the theoretical preconditions for using p-values. They furthermore
include wording guidelines as well as structural and operative advice on how
to present results, especially in research based on multiple regression analysis,
the working horse of empirical economists. Our propositions aim at fostering the
logical consistency of inferential arguments by avoiding false categorical reasoning. They are not aimed at dispensing with p-values or completely replacing
frequentist approaches by Bayesian statistics.
Data Observer Marie-Christine Laible and Holger Görg: The German Management and Organizational Practices (GMOP) Survey JBNST - Vol. 239/4 - 2019, pp. 723-732.
Philipp Breidenbach, Matthias Kaeding and Sandra Schaffner: Population Projection for Germany 2015–2050 on Grid Level (RWI-GEO-GRID-POP-Forecast) JBNST - Vol. 239/4 - 2019, pp. 733-746.
Manfred Antoni and Arne Bethmann: PASS-ADIAB – Linked Survey and Administrative Data for Research on Unemployment and Poverty JBNST - Vol. 239/4 - 2019, pp. 747-755.
Book Reviews Frank Westerhoff: Hommes, Cars and LeBaron, Blake, Handbook of Computational Economics, Volume 4, Heterogeneous Agent Modeling JBNST - Vol. 239/4 - 2019, pp. 757-760.
Ivan Savin: Luis C. Corchón and Marco A. Marini (eds.), Handbook of Game Theory and Industrial Organization, Volume I Theory JBNST - Vol. 239/4 - 2019, pp. 761-764.
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