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Dr. Jens Mohrenweiser

Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy

Jens Mohrenweiser studied business administration at the Polytechnic in Schwerin and worked as an employment agent for disadvantaged adolescents for a year. He then studied economics, politics and mathematics at the University of Hannover, the University of Technology Lappeenranta, the University of Zurich and Warwick Business School. In April 2010, he defended his PhD thesis about firms' motivation to train apprentices at the University of Zurich. He works at the ZEW since May 2010. His main research interests are personnel economics, economics on education and industrial relations.

Selected Publications

Publications in refereed Journals

Mohrenweiser, Jens (2012), Which Firms Train Disadvantaged Youth?, Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training 4(2), 115-130.

Mohrenweiser, Jens, Paul Marginson and Uschi Backes-Gellner (2012), What Triggers the Establishment of a Works Council?, Economic and Industrial Democracy 33(2), 295-316.

Jirjahn, Uwe, Jens Mohrenweiser and Uschi Backes-Gellner (2011), Works Councils and Learning: On the Dynamic Dimension of Codetermination, Kyklos 64(3), 427 - 447.

Mohrenweiser, Jens and Uschi Backes-Gellner (2010), Apprenticeship Training - What for: Investment or Substitution?, International Journal of Manpower 31(5), 545-562.

Mohrenweiser, Jens and Uschi Backes-Gellner (2010), Die Wirkung des Betriebsverfassungsgesetzes am Beispiel der Freistellung von Betriebsräten – ein Beitrag zur Rechtstatsachenforschung, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 230(4), 420-435.

Jacobebbinghaus, Peter, Jens Mohrenweiser and Thomas Zwick (2009), Wie kann die durchschnittliche Ausbildungsquote in Deutschland korrekt gemessen werden?, ASTA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv 3(4), 225-240.

Mohrenweiser, Jens and Thomas Zwick (2009), Why Do Firms Train Apprentices? The Net Cost Puzzle Reconsidered, Labour Economics 16(6), 631-637.