Uwe Jirjahn

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University of Trier

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Uwe Jirjahn is Professor of Economics at the University of Trier. He researches labor market economics and personnel economics, with special interests in works councils, teamwork, performance pay, migration, older employees, single parents, discrimination, and the labor market consequences of foreign ownership.

Among other journals, he has published in Applied Economics, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Industrial Relations, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Economics Letters, Kyklos, Labour Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Social Science Quarterly, and Urban Studies.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in September 2016.

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 12113
Works Councils and Workplace Health Promotion in Germany
Uwe Jirjahn, Jens Mohrenweiser, Stephen C. Smith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12100
Does Society Influence the Gender Gap in Risk Attitudes? Evidence from East and West Germany
Cornelia Chadi, Uwe Jirjahn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11696
Flexible Work Organization and Employer Provided Training: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
Annika Campaner, John S. Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11154
Foreign Ownership and Intra-Firm Union Density in Germany
Uwe Jirjahn
revised version forthcoming in: Economic and Industrial Democracy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11066
Nonunion Employee Representation: Theory and the German Experience with Mandated Works Councils
Uwe Jirjahn, Stephen C. Smith
published in: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2018, 89 (1), 201-234
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11054
Product Market Competition and Employer Provided Training in Germany
John S. Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn, Annika Pfister
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10643
Performance Pay and Applicant Screening
Uwe Jirjahn, Jens Mohrenweiser
revised version forthcoming in: British Journal of Industrial Relations
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10316
Risk Attitude and Nonmarital Birth
Uwe Jirjahn, Cornelia Chadi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10288
Locus of Control and Performance Appraisal
John S. Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn, Cornelia Chadi
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 142 (October), 205-225
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8165
Do Foreign Owners Favor Short-Term Profit? Evidence from Germany
Verena Dill, Uwe Jirjahn, Stephen C. Smith
published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2016, 40(1), 123-140
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