GRK 1928: Microeconomic Determinants of Labour Productivity

劳动生产率是一个经济体中生活水平的关键决定因素。在人口日益老龄化和受教育时间不断延长的时代，提高要素劳动力的质量和提高劳动力市场的参与率是维持生活水平的重要措施。这个研究培训小组在微观经济层面上分析劳动生产率的决定因素，并分离出决策者可以用来提高生活水平的因果关系。研究议程分为三个部分。在第1部分中，重点是影响要素劳动力质量的个人决策。第二部分讨论了激励、创新和组织变革对劳动生产率的作用。在第三部分，我们研究了企业劳动组织对员工生产率的影响。在方法上，共同的主题是使用不同种类的微观数据。此外，这三个部分都将探讨为什么劳动生产率不仅在国家或行业之间，甚至在分类水平上都表现出如此大程度的异质性，以及这种异质性对员工、公司和经济政策有什么影响。在这个研究议程中，博士候选人可以在一个开创性的领域中选择他们的个人主题，并在一个强大的研究环境中进行自己的研究。资格课程旨在引导博士候选人有效地获得学位，指导他们学术独立，为他们在学术界或研究相关的职业生涯做好准备。它以小组特定课程、研究支持讲习班和对学术劳动力市场的结构化支持为基础。候选人得到导师的支持，特别是在初始阶段。论文的监督将主要由研究培训小组的教师进行，并将在监督协议中为每个候选人指定。通过为女性候选人提供专门的指导和指导计划，在团队中培养了平等的机会。

Labor productivity is a key determinant of the standard of living in an economy. In times of an increasingly aging population and rising durations of education, improving the quality of the factor labor and increasing the rate of participation in the labor market are vital measures for sustaining the standard of living. This research training group analyzes the determinants of labor productivity on a microeconomic level and isolates causal relationships that can be used by policy makers to improve the standard of living. The research agenda is divided into three parts. In Part 1, the focus is on decisions by individuals that affect the quality of the factor labor. Part 2 deals with the role of incentives, innovations and organizational change for labor productivity. In Part 3, we study the influence of the organization of labor in firms on the productivity of employees. Methodologically, the common theme is the use of different kinds of micro data. Furthermore, all three parts will pursue the questions of why labor productivity exhibits such a large degree of heterogeneity not only between countries or industries but even at a disaggregated level and what ramifications this heterogeneity has for employees, firms, and economic policy. In this research agenda, doctoral candidates can choose their individual topics within a seminal field and conduct their own research in a strong research environment. The qualification program is intended to lead doctoral candidates to their degree efficiently, guide them to academic independence and prepare them for a career in academia or a research-related career. It is based on group-specific courses, research-supporting workshops and a structured support on the academic labor market. Candidates are supported by mentors, in particular in the initial phase. The supervision of dissertations will be performed primarily by the faculty of the research training group and will be specified for each individual candidate in a supervision agreement. Equal opportunities in the group are fostered through a specific mentoring and coaching program for female candidates.