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Employer learning and the returns to schooling

Bauer, Thomas K.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2000

We examine the dynamic role of education and experience as determinants of wages. It is hypothesized that an employee's education is an important signal to the employer initially. Over time, the returns to schooling should decrease with labor market experience and increase with initially...

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Transferability of human capital and immigrant assimilation : an analysis for Germany

Basilio, Leilanie; Bauer, Thomas K. - 2010

This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and labor market experience...

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Sibling rivalry in educational attainment : the German case

Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000

Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...

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Educational mismatch and wages in Germany

Bauer, Thomas K. - 1999

This paper contributes to the literature considering the wage effects of educational mismatch in Germany. It uses a large German panel data set for the period from 1984 to 1997 and stresses the importance of controlling for unobserved heterogeneity when analyzing the labor market effects of...

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WTP vs. WTA : christmas presents and the endowment effect

Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor); … - 2008

Using data on the valuation of Christmas gifts received by students in different fields at a German university, we … investigate whether the endowment effect differs between students of economics and other respondents and whether it varies with … the market price of the object under consideration. Our estimation results suggest that economics students have both, a …

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A comparative analysis of the nativity wealth gap

Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, … - 2007

populations, while income differentials are relatively unimportant in understanding the nativity wealth gap. In contrast, the …

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Do guns displace books? : the impact of compulsory military service on educational attainment

Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; … - 2011

Compulsory military service typically drafts young men when they are at the height of their learning ability. Thus, it can be expected to depress the demand for higher education since skill atrophy and the delayed entry into the civilian labor market reduce the returns to human-capital...

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