University of Mannheim

About: University of Mannheim is a education organization based out in Mannheim, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & European union. The organization has 4448 authors who have published 12918 publications receiving 446557 citations. The organization is also known as: Uni Mannheim & UMA.

Changing labour markets and early career outcomes : labour market entry in Europe over the past decade

Abstract: This article sets out to address the effects of changing labour market conditions on early career outcomes for those who entered the labour markets in 12 European Union countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom) in the late 1980s and the late 1990s. It is based on data from the 1988-97 European Community Labour Force Surveys (ECLFS) and the analyses focus on the responses of the outcomes of unemployment risks and occupational allocation to different aspects of socio-economic change. The article begins by discussing the theoretical background and hypotheses of the study and then describes the ECLFS database and the methodology. The study found that unemployment risks have closely followed the evolution of aggregate economic conditions with demographic factors having only a slight impact. Consequently, changes in occupation allocation are more dependent on the relative evolution of educational expansion and occupational upgrading trends. The article concludes with a summary of the results and their implications.

The Institutional Shaping of EU–Society Relations: A Contribution to Democracy via Participation?

Abstract: European integration has added an extra dimension to the perceived crisis of contemporary democracy. Many observers argue that the allocation of decision-making powers beyond the nation state bears the risk of hollowing out the institutional mechanisms of democratic accountability. In EU governance, the Commission has emerged as a particularly active and imaginative actor promoting EU–society relations, and it has done so with the explicit desire to improve the democratic legitimacy of the EU. However, assumptions concerning the societal prerequisites of a working democracy differ with the normative theory of democracy employed. Therefore, expectations concerning the beneficial effect of institutional reforms such as the European Commission's new governance strategy, which was launched at the beginning of the century, vary according to normative standards set by different theories of democracy on the one hand and to the confidence in the malleability of society on the other. Our contribution seek...

Hauptschule, Realschule oder Gymnasium? Ethnische Unterschiede am ersten Bildungsübergang

Abstract: Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden ethnische Unterschiede in der schulischen Plazierung von Migrantenkindern und deutschen Schulerinnen und Schulern am Ubergang von der Grundschule in die Sekundarstufe I untersucht. Hierzu werden Daten herangezogen, die an sechs Grundschulen in Baden-Wurttemberg erhoben wurden. Um einen Eindruck vom Ausmas ethnischer Bildungsunterschiede zu gewinnen, wird zunachst gefragt, ob die festgestellten Muster in den Ubergangsraten verschiedener Migrantengruppen auf Unterschiede in den Schulleistungen zuruckgefuhrt werden konnen. Es zeigt sich, das Schulnoten die zentralen Determinanten des Bildungsubergangs sind. Allerdings bleiben ethnische Unterschiede auch nach Kontrolle der Schulleistungen bestehen. Dies betrifft in erster Linie turkische und italienische Kinder mit Blick auf die Entscheidung fur oder gegen den Hauptschulbesuch. Weiterhin wird untersucht, ob das durchschnittliche Leistungsniveau und der Migrantenanteil in der Schulklasse einen Einflus auf den Bildungsubergang haben. Fur das durchschnittliche Leistungsniveau in der Schulklasse ergeben sich in den Analysen keine bedeutsamen Effekte. Dagegen zeigt sich, das mit steigenden Migrantenanteilen in der Schulklasse die Chancen auf den Besuch von Realschule und Gymnasium sinken. Nach Kontrolle der Migrantenkonzentration sind fur keine ethnische Gruppe mehr signifikante Herkunftseffekte festzustellen.

Talented people and strong brands: The contribution of human capital and brand equity to firm value

Abstract: Research and managerial practice generally contend that human capital and brand equity constitute a company’s most valuable resources. Relying on similar underlying theoretical rationales, research on the value relevance of these two resources has developed in different disciplines. Combining diverse data sources, the authors examine the simultaneous effects of brand equity and human capital on firm value. In addition, they consider how much the effects of these two resources differ between services and manufacturing. Results provide evidence for a complementary relationship between human capital and brand equity and show that both resources create relatively more value in a service setting.

Political Connectedness and Firm Performance: Evidence from Germany

Abstract: This paper investigates politically connected German firms. With the introduction of a new transparency law, information on additional income sources of all members of the German parliament is now publicly available. We find that members of the conservative party (CDU/CSU) and the liberal party (FDP) are more likely to work for firms than members of left-wing parties (SPD and The Left) or the green party (Alliance 90/The Greens). Most importantly, politically connected firms significantly outperform unconnected firms on market- and accounting-based performance measures. The eect is more pronounced the higher the monetary compensation the delegate receives from the firm is.