Eine Synopse aktueller Forschungsliteratur zeigt, dass sich die Höhe der qualifikatorischen Bildungsrenditen zwischen Studien unterscheidet. Die Autorinnen untersuchen empirisch, ob die Variation der Renditen systematisch vom gewählten Datensatz abhängt. Die qualifikatorischen...

"Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well...

"This paper studies individual log real wage change of east and west Germans over the period 1990/91 to 1995/96 using data from the German Socio-economic Panel. Parameters are estimated by median regression. Human capital theory and job mobility theories have implications for wage changes that...