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- Title
HUMAN CAPITAL, JOB TASKS AND TECHNOLOGY IN EAST GERMANY AFTER REUNIFICATION.
- Authors
Spitz-Oener, Alexanda
- Abstract
This article looks at human capital, job tasks, and technology in East Germany after reunification. It discusses the level of the skills and knowledge acquired through the East German education system, and through employment in a socialist labor market, are transferable to the new, market-based economy. The objective of the study is to clarify the issue by giving a comprehensive description of the work of those employees who remained employed after the first phase of restructuring in East Germany, and comparing it with work in west Germany.
- Subjects
GERMANY; HUMAN capital; GERMAN Unification, 1990; LABOR supply; LABOR economics; PERSONNEL management; HIGH technology industries personnel; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYEES; OCCUPATIONS
- Publication
National Institute Economic Review, 2007, Vol 201, p97
- ISSN
0027-9501
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0027950107083054