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Social subsidies and marketization : the role of gender and skill
Duval-Hernández, Robert; Fang, Lei; Ngai, Liwa Rachel - 2018
This paper decomposes the differences in aggregate market hours between US and Europe across gender-skill groups and finds that low-skilled women are the biggest contributors to aggregate differences, with the exception of Nordic countries. We develop a model to account for the gender-skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011812230
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(Gender-differentiated) effects of changes in personal income taxation
Fink, Marian; Janová, Jitka; Nerudová, Danuše; Pavel, Jan - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 54 (2019) 3, pp. 146-154
One of the most important areas of taxation is the personal income tax, which may have a gender-differentiated effect on work incentives and infl uence the distribution of paid and unpaid work between men and women.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012013924
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Public pensions, changing employment patterns, and the impact of pension reforms across birth cohorts : a microsimulation analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824262
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A detailed decomposition of changes in wage inequality in reunified post-transition Germany 1999 - 2006
Al-Farhan, Usamah Fayez - 2010
In this article, I analyze the changes in wage inequality in the eastern region, western region and reunified Germany a … in Germany. On the other hand, the relative stability in wage inequality during the sub-period 2002-2006 was caused by … coefficient effect maintained a positive influence in both the western region, eastern region and in reunified Germany alike …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824279
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Interrelationships among locus of control and years in management and unemployment : differences by gender
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2010
This paper focuses on gender differences in the role played by locus of control within a model that predicts outcomes for men and women at two opposite poles of the labour market: high level managerial / leadership positions and unemployment. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824281
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September 11th and the earnings of muslims in Germany : the moderating role of education and firm size
Cornelißen, Thomas; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2010
Germany provides evidence that the events also affected the relative earnings of Muslims outside the US. However, the results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824465
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Offshoring, tasks, and the skill-wage pattern
Baumgarten, Daniel; Geishecker, Ingo; Görg, Holger - 2010
The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be offshored. Our analysis relates to recent theoretical contributions arguing that there is only a loose relationship between the suitability of a task for offshoring and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825071
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International trade and individual labour market perspectives : a micro-level analysis of German manufacturing workers
Lurweg, Maren; Uhde, Nicole - 2010
This paper studies the impact of international trade on individual labour market outcomes in the German manufacturing sector for the period 1995-2006. Combining micro-level data from the German Socioeconomic Panel and industry-level trade data from input-output tables, we examine the impacts on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825547
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Gender, transnational networks and remittances : evidence from Germany
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2010
Remittances from Germany are substantial. Cross-border transfers to family and friendship networks outside Germany are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825563
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Changes in the gender wage gap in Germany during a period of rising wage inequality 1999 - 2006 : was it discrimination in the returns to human capital?
Al-Farhan, Usamah Fayez - 2010
Germany during the period 1999 - 2006. I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and implement two alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825587