TY - JOUR A1 - Caliendo, Marco A1 - Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. A1 - Obst, Cosima A1 - Uhlendorff, Arne T1 - Risk preferences and training investments JF - Journal of economic behavior & organization N2 - We analyze workers’ risk preferences and training investments. Our conceptual framework differentiates between the investment risk and insurance mechanisms underpinning training decisions. Investment risk leads risk-averse workers to train less; they undertake more training if it insures them against future losses. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to demonstrate that risk affinity is associated with more training, implying that, on average, investment risks dominate the insurance benefits of training. Crucially, this relationship is evident only for general training; there is no relationship between risk attitudes and specific training. Thus, consistent with our conceptual framework, risk preferences matter more when skills are transferable – and workers have a vested interest in training outcomes – than when they are not. Finally, we provide evidence that the insurance benefits of training are concentrated among workers with uncertain employment relationships or limited access to public insurance schemes. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.11.024 SN - 0167-2681 VL - 205 SP - 668 EP - 686 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Caliendo, Marco A1 - Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. A1 - Pfeifer, Harald A1 - Uhlendorff, Arne A1 - Wehner, Caroline T1 - Managers’ risk preferences and firm training investments JF - European economic review N2 - This study analyses the impact of managers’ risk preferences on their training allocation decisions. We begin by providing nationally representative evidence that managers’ risk-aversion is negatively correlated with the likelihood that their firms engage in any worker training. Using a novel vignette study, we then demonstrate that risk-tolerant and risk-averse decision makers have significantly different training preferences. Risk aversion results in increased sensitivity to turnover risk. Managers who are risk-averse offer less general training and are more reluctant to train workers with a history of job mobility. Adopting a weighting approach to flexibly control for observed differences in the characteristics of risk-averse and risk-tolerant managers, we show that our findings cannot be explained by heterogeneity in either managers’ observed characteristics or the type of firms where they work. All managers, irrespective of their risk preferences, are sensitive to the investment risk associated with training, avoiding training that is more costly or that targets those with less occupational expertise or nearing retirement. This provides suggestive evidence that the risks of training are primarily due to the risk that trained workers will leave the firm (turnover risk) rather than the risk that the benefits of training do not outweigh the costs (investment risk). KW - manager decisions KW - risk attitudes KW - employee training KW - human capital investments Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2023.104616 SN - 0014-2921 SN - 1873-572X PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bohlsen, Stefan T1 - Case C-532/18 G.N. v. Z.U. (Niki Luftfahrt) (C.J.E.U.) JF - International legal materials Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/ilm.2021.1 SN - 0020-7829 SN - 1930-6571 VL - 60 IS - 2 SP - 290 EP - 297 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brooks, Clare T1 - The EVE curriculum framework BT - the third instalment JF - Potsdamer geographische Praxis N2 - 1. The new approach 2. Changes to the Curriculum Framework KW - Europäische Werteerziehung KW - Familie KW - Lehrevaluation KW - Studierendenaustausch KW - Unterrichtseinheiten KW - Curriculum Framework KW - European values education KW - Family KW - lesson evaluation KW - student exchange KW - teaching units KW - curriculum framework Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65918 SN - 2194-1599 SN - 2194-1602 IS - 3 SP - 23 EP - 27 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wobbe, Theresa T1 - Die Differenz Haushalt vs. Markt als latentes Beobachtungsschema BT - Vergleichsverfahren der inter/nationalen Statistik (1882–1990) BT - Comparative operations of inter/national statistics (1882–1990) JF - Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie : KZfSS N2 - Ausgehend von der Teilung in nichtaktive (Haushalt) und aktive Bevölkerung (Markt) fragt der Beitrag nach der Rolle, die statistische Vergleichsverfahren bei dieser Grenzziehung in der Welt der Arbeit spielen. Dies geschieht vor dem Hintergrund der Verzweigung von zwei strukturellen Entwicklungen, nämlich dem Wandel der (Arbeits‑)Welten und der statistischen Vergleichsverfahren. Der Beitrag gehört zu den ersten, der diese Nahtstelle systematisch und empirisch an der nationalen und internationalen (Beschäftigungs‑)Statistik untersucht. In diesem Beitrag schlage ich vor, die beiden Beobachtungsebenen als ein Feld der inter/nationalen Statistik zu verstehen. Ihre Ähnlichkeiten, Unterschiede und Verzweigungen werden soziologisch bislang noch nicht wahrgenommen. Im Unterschied dazu behandele ich sie aus einer wissensgeschichtlichen und wissenssoziologischen Perspektive gemeinsam hinsichtlich ihrer Selektionsleistungen, Beobachtungsinstrumente und Beschreibungsebenen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen die zunehmende Spezifizierung und Ausdehnung der ökonomischen Dimension von Arbeitstätigkeiten, die durch die Ordnungstechniken der inter/nationalen Statistik, verstärkt nach 1945, forciert werden. Diese Verschiebungen, so das Argument, sind eng mit dem Aufstieg des technischen Wissens im „technical internationalism“ verbunden, die nach 1945 das statistische und das Alltagsverständnis von der wirtschaftlich nichtaktiven Haushaltsarbeit bekräftigen. N2 - Based on the division of "nonactive" (household) versus "active" (market) populations, this article discusses the role that statistical obversational schemata play in creating gendered boundaries in the world of work. I explore this riddle against the background of the interlacing of two structural developments, i.e., the changing worlds of work and the comparative procedures of employment statistics. The article is one of the first contributions to investigate this interface systematically and empirically using national and international statistics. Although predominantly considered in sociology without relation to each other, I propose to capture their similarities, differences, and entanglements between the two levels of description as common inter/national statistics. The contribution sheds light on them from a historical and sociological perspective with respect to their selection capacity, their level of observation, and their instruments. The results suggest that during the twentieth century-with intensification after 1945-there was increasing specification and extension of the economic meaning of "gainful employment." I argue that this shift is closely linked to the rise of "technical knowledge" and "technical internationalism" in confirming the everyday understanding of household work as economically "nonactive." T2 - The distinction of household vs. market as a latent obversational schema KW - Boundary-making of work KW - Statistical technologies of ordering KW - Gendered KW - categorization KW - Objectivation KW - Normalization KW - Grenzziehungen von Arbeit KW - Statistische Ordnungstechniken KW - Geschlechtliche Kategorisierung KW - Objektivierung KW - Normalisierung Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-021-00746-y SN - 0023-2653 SN - 1861-891X VL - 73 IS - Suppl. 1 SP - 195 EP - 222 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wobbe, Theresa A1 - Renard, Lea T1 - The category of ‘family workers’ in International Labour Organization statistics (1930s–1980s) BT - a contribution to the study of globalized gendered boundaries between household and market JF - Journal of Global History N2 - This article discusses the role that statistical classifications play in creating gendered boundaries in the world of work. The term ‘family worker’ first became a statistical category in various Western national statistics around 1900. After 1945, it was established as a category of the International Labour Organization (ILO) labour force concept, and since then it has been extended to the wider world by way of the UN System of National Accounts. By investigating the term ‘family worker’ from the perspective of internationally comparable statistical classification, this article offers an empirical insight into how and why particular concepts of work become ‘globalized’. We argue that the statistical term ‘economically active people’ was extended to unpaid family workers, whereas the distinction between family work and housework was increasingly based on scientific evidence. This reclassification of work is an indication of its growing comparability within an economic observation scheme. The ILO generated and authorized that global discourse, and, as such, attested to an increasingly global form of knowledge and communication about the status of gender and work. KW - family workers KW - gendered boundaries KW - globalization KW - International Labour Organization KW - statistical categorization Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1740022817000183 SN - 1740-0228 SN - 1740-0236 VL - 12 SP - 340 EP - 360 PB - Cambridge Univ. Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wobbe, Theresa A1 - Renard, Léa A1 - Müller, Katja T1 - Nationale und globale Deutungsmodelle des Geschlechts im arbeitsstatistischen sowie arbeitsrechtlichen Klassifikationssystem BT - ein vergleichstheoretischer Beitrag (1882-1992) JF - Soziale Welt : SozW ; Zeitschrift für sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung und Praxis N2 - Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welche Relevanz arbeitsstatis-tische und -rechtliche Kategorisierungen im Zeitraum von 1880 bis 1992 für den Wandel der Deu-tungsmodelle des Geschlechts haben. Aus vergleichstheoretischer stellt die Durchsetzung desmodernen Konzepts der Erwerbsarbeit um 1900 im nationalen Kontext und dessen Veränderung aufglobaler Ebene ein spezifisches Ordnungsverfahren dar, das im Mittelpunkt dieses Aufsatzes steht.Auf der Grundlage von zwei Mikrostudien zur Klassifizierung und Reklassifizierung der „Mithel-fenden Familienangehörigen“ und des „Nachtarbeitsverbots“ wird zum einen die Globalisierung derErwerbsarbeit als Beobachtungsschema, zum anderen der Wandel des Deutungsmodells derGeschlechterdifferenz im Zuge transnationaler Vergleichsverfahren erforscht. In dem Beitrag wirddie Auffassung vertreten, dass der Vergleich einen Globalisierungsmechanismus in der Weltgesell-schaft darstellt. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2017-1-63 SN - 0038-6073 VL - 68 SP - 63 EP - 85 PB - Nomos-Verl.-Ges. CY - Baden-Baden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bruttel, Lisa Verena A1 - Stolley, Florian T1 - Getting a yes BT - an experiment on the power of asking JF - Journal of behavioral and experimental economics N2 - This paper studies how the request for a favor has to be devised in order to maximize its chance of success. We present results from a mini-dictator game, in which the recipient can send a free-form text message to the dictator before the latter decides. We find that putting effort into the message, writing in a humorous way and mentioning reasons why the money is needed pays off. Additionally, we find differences in the behavior of male and female dictators. Only men react positively to efficiency arguments, while only women react to messages that emphasize the dictators power and responsibility. KW - dictator game KW - communication KW - inequality KW - text analysis KW - experiment Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2020.101550 SN - 2214-8043 VL - 86 PB - Elsevier CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eibich, Peter A1 - Burchert, Linn T1 - Prognosen BT - Nützliche Fiktionen JF - Perspektiven für morgen : Gedanken zur Zukunft von Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft N2 - Inhalt: - Grundlagen der Statistik - Zukunftsfiktionen - Der Einfluss von Prognosen auf Gegenwart und Zukunft - Ethische Anforderungen und das richtige Verständnis von Statistik KW - Nachhaltigkeit KW - Zukunft KW - Politik KW - Wirtschaft KW - Gesellschaft KW - sustainability KW - future KW - politics KW - economy KW - society Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-60546 SP - 10 EP - 21 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Müller, Jacob T1 - Fünf Finger hat die Hand … BT - Interessenvertretung im neuen Kapitalismus JF - Perspektiven für morgen : Gedanken zur Zukunft von Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft N2 - Inhalt - Zukünftige Entwicklung und Interessenvertretung - Prekäre Beschäftigung im Weiterbildungssektor - Die Erosion sozialer Sicherung und Gegenstrategien KW - Nachhaltigkeit KW - Zukunft KW - Politik KW - Wirtschaft KW - Gesellschaft KW - sustainability KW - future KW - politics KW - economy KW - society Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-60674 SP - 154 EP - 162 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER -