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Prof. Dr. Elke Jahn
Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Labour Economics
Biography
Elke Jutta Jahn is Professor of Labour Economics at the University of Bayreuth and Distinguished Scholar at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) Nuremberg, Germany. Before joining the University of Bayreuth, she was Associate Professor at Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Denmark. She was a visiting scholar at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University (academic year 2006/2007) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Spring 2020). Since 2015 she is a member of the scientific board of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees and since 2020 member of the Bavarian Ethics Council.
Curriculum Vitae
Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Labour Economics
Her research focuses on migration, temporary agency work, employment protection legislation, and comparative labour law.
Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Labour Economics
Publications
2020
Hirsch, Boris; Jahn, Elke; Zwick, Thomas
Birds, Birds, Birds : Co-Worker Similarity, Workplace Diversity and Job Switches
in British Journal of Industrial Relations volume 58 (2020) issue 3. - page 690-718
doi:10.1111/bjir.12509 ...
Egger, Hartmut; Jahn, Elke; Kornitzky, Stefan
Reassessing the Foreign Ownership Wage Premium in Germany
in The World Economy volume 43 (2020) issue 2. - page 302-325
doi:10.1111/twec.12910 ...
2019
Egger, Hartmut; Jahn, Elke
Ownership and the multinational wage premium
in Applied Economics Letters (2019)
doi:10.1080/13504851.2019.1624911 ...
2018
Hirsch, Boris; Jahn, Elke; Schnabel, Claus
Do employers have more monopsony power in slack labor markets?
in IRL Review volume 71 (2018)
doi:10.1177/0019793917720383 ...
2017
Busk, Henna; Dauth, Christine; Jahn, Elke
Do changes in regulation affect temporary agency workers’ job satisfaction?
in Industrial Relations volume 56 (2017) issue 3. - page 514-544
doi:10.1111/irel.12184 ...
2016
Jahn, Elke; Weber, Enzo
The Effect of Temporary Help Jobs on Employment Volatility
in Canadian Journal of Economics volume 49 (2016) issue 1. - page 412-427
doi:10.1111/caje.12202 ...
Jahn, Elke; Weber, Enzo
Identifying the Substitution Effect of Temporary Agency Employment
in Macroeconomic Dynamics volume 20 (2016) issue 5. - page 1264-1281
doi:10.1017/S1365100514000820 ...
2015
Jahn, Elke
Don’t Worry, be Flexible? Job Satisfaction Among Flexible Workers in Germany
in Australian Journal of Labour Economics volume 18 (2015) issue 2. - page 147-168
Jahn, Elke; Hirsch, Boris
Is there Monopsonistic Discrimination Against Immigrants? First Evidence from Linked employer–e ...
in IRL Review volume 68 (2015) issue 3. - page 501-528
doi:10.1177/0019793915572124 ...
2014
Jahn, Elke; Hirsch, Boris; Toomet, Ott; Hochfellner, Daniela
Do better pre-migration skills accelerate immigrants' wage assimilation?
in Labour Economics volume 30 (2014) . - page 212-222
doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2014.04.004 ...
Jahn, Elke; Rosholm, Michael
Looking Beyond the Bridge : The effect of temporary agency employment on labor market outcomes
in European Economic Review volume 165 (2014) . - page 108-125
doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.11.001 ...
Jahn, Elke; Brücker, Herbert; Hauptmann, Andreas; Upward, Richard
Migration and Imperfect Labor Markets: Theory and Cross-country Evidence from Denmark, Germany ...
in European Economic Review volume 66 (2014) . - page 205-225
doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.11.007 ...
2013
Jahn, Elke; Rosholm, Michael
Is Temporary Agency Employment a Stepping Stone for Immigrants?
in Economics Letters volume 118 (2013) issue 1. - page 225-228
doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.10.029 ...
Jahn, Elke; Pozzoli, Dario
The Pay Gap of Temporary Agency Workers : Does the Temp Sector Experience Pay Off?
in Labour Economics volume 24 (2013) . - page 48-57
doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2013.06.001 ...
2012
Jahn, Elke; Riphahn, Regina T.; Schnabel, Claus
Feature: Flexible Forms of Employment: Boon and Bane
in Economic Journal volume 122 (2012) issue 562. - page F115-F124
doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.02532.x ...
Jahn, Elke; Bentzen, Jan
What Drives the Demand for Temporary Agency Workers?
in Labour volume 126 (2012) issue 3. - page 341-355
doi:10.1111/j.1467-9914.2012.00550.x ...
2011
Jahn, Elke; Brücker, Herbert
Migration and Wage-Setting : Reassessing the Labor Market Effects of Migration
in The Scandinavian Journal of Economics volume 113 (2011) issue 2. - page 286-317
doi:10.1111/j.1467-9442.2010.01634.x ...
2010
Jahn, Elke
Reassessing the Pay Gap for Temps in Germany
in Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik = Journal of Economics and Statistics volume 230 (2010) issue 2. - page 208-233
http://www.jstor.org/stable/23813222
2009
Jahn, Elke; Antoni, Manfred
Do Changes in Regulation Affect Employment Duration in Temporary Work Agencies?
in Industrial & Labor Relations Review volume 62 (2009) issue 2. - page 226-251
http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid ...
Jahn, Elke
Do Firms Obey the Law when they Fire Workers? Social Criteria and Severance Payments in Germany
in International Journal of Manpower volume 30 (2009) issue 7. - page 672-691
doi:10.1108/01437720910997344 ...
2007
Jahn, Elke; Ochel, Wolfgang
Contracting-Out Employment Services : Temporary Agency Work in Germany
in Journal of European Social Policy volume 17 (2007) issue 2. - page 125-138
doi:10.1177/0958928707075196 ...
2005
Jahn, Elke
Was macht den Unterschied? Determinanten der Nachfrage nach Leiharbeit in Deutschland und den N ...
in Industrielle Beziehungen volume 12 (2005) issue 4. - page 393-423
http://www.hampp-ejournals.de/hampp-verlag-service ...
Jahn, Elke
Wie wirkt der Kündigungsschutz?
in Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung volume 38 (2005) issue 2/3. - page 284-304
http://doku.iab.de/zaf/2005/2005_2-3_zaf_jahn.pdf
2004
Jahn, Elke
Employment at will versus Employment against will? Kündigungsschutz in Deutschland und USA im V ...
in Industrielle Beziehungen volume 116 (2004) issue 3. - page 177-203
http://rhverlag.de/ArchivIndB/3_04_Jahn.pdf
Jahn, Elke
Institutions Matter : The Role of Institutional Factors for Labour Disputes
in Homo Oeconomicus volume 20 (2004) issue 4. - page 423-427
Jahn, Elke; Caliendo, Marco
Verbleibsquote ein Controlling-Indikator für den Eingliederungserfolg von ABM!?
in Zeitschrift für Evaluation volume 2004 (2004) issue 1. - page 51-69
http://www.zfev.de/fruehereAusgabe/ausgabe2004-1/a ...
2002
Jahn, Elke
Warum ein staatlicher Kündigungsschutz – warum ganz anders als heute?
in Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftswissenschaften = Review of Economics volume 153 (2002) issue 2. - page 142-160
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20714985
Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Labour Economics
Prof. Dr. Elke Jahn
Professor
Building: RW I Room: 1.0 01 142
Consultation hour: upon appointment
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6045 // Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-846045
E-mail: elke.jahn@uni-bayreuth.de