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Cross-National Estimates of the Intergenerational Mobility in Earnings

Lillard, Dean R. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 51-58

This paper examines the similarity in the association between earnings of sons and fathers in Germany and the United States. It relaxes the log-linear functional form imposed in most studies of the intergenerational earnings association. Theory implies the relationship between earnings of...

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Gender Effects As Macro-Level Effects: Germany and the United States 1991-1997

Amoroso, Lisa M. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 128-134

My research examines within-nation differences as well as cross-national differences in socially stratified outcomes, specifically the distribution of household incomes. I build on the considerable empirical evidence suggesting that group memberships are important factors in shaping one' s life...

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Income Shocks, Intergenerational Transfers, and Human Capital in Germany

Croda, Enrica - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 180-186

This paper uses the GSOEP to analyze the impact of German reunification on financial transfers from parents to their … adult children. A difference-in-differences approach is applied to estimate probability and amount of transfers. The … to give to all children has decreased in the East, and the amount given has increased in the West. However, transfers to …

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Siblings, Their Sex Composition and Educational Attainment in Germany

Bauer, Thomas; Gang, Ira N. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 68 (1999) 2, pp. 215-221

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The Dynamics of Reservation Wages: Preliminary Evidence from the GSOEP

Prasad, Enswar - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 44-50

This paper presents preliminary results from an empirical analysis of the individual and macroeconomic deter-minants of reservation wages, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. The longitudinal aspect of the dataset provides an interesting perspective on the dynamics of reservation...

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Income Effects of Unemployment and Short-Time Work in East German Transformation Process

Schwarze, Johannes; Rendtel, Ulrich; Büchel, Felix - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 64 (1995) 3, pp. 477-486

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Establishing Frameworks of Contentment: Income Satisfaction in Germany, 1991

Hazelrigg, Lawrence E.; Hardy, Melissa A. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 68 (1999) 2, pp. 135-139

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The Effect of Redistribution of Income Risk: Estimates from the PACO Database

Bird, Edward J. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 68 (1999) 2, pp. 164-170

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Returns to Self-Employment Experience in the Wage and Salary Sector: A Comparative Analysis of Germany and the United States

Trzcinski, Eileen - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 68 (1999) 2, pp. 177-183

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Income Composition and Redistribution in Germany: The Role of Ethnic Origin and Assimilation

Büchel, Felix; Frick, Joachim R. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 1, pp. 135-145

. We compare pre and post-government income, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1995 to 1997. We …. The two subgroups substantially benefiting from the income redistribution are "pure" Aussiedler and East Germans. By this …

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