This paper provides an empirical analysis of the structure of earnings in West Germany across skill groups and industries. Our analysis is based on data from the German Socioeconomic Panel for the period 1984 to-1994. We estimate quantile regressions, both for the entire sample period and for...

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the structure of earnings in West Germany across skill groups and industries. Our analysis is based on data from the German.Socioeconomic Panel for the period 1984 to-1994. We estimate quantile regressions, both for the entire sample period and for...

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the structure of earnings in West Germany across skill groups and industries. Our analysis is based on data from the German Socioeconomic Panel for the period 1984 to-1994. We estimate quantile regressions, both for the entire sample period and for...

Seit Sommer 2016 fördert die deutsche Bundesregierung den Kauf eines neuen Elektroautos mit einer Umweltprämie für Käufer in Höhe von 4.000 Euro und einer zehnjährigen Kfz-Steuerbefreiung. Tatsächlich wird die Förderung jedoch kaum in Anspruch genommen und die Nachfrage nach Elektroautos...

In this paper, we review the German practice of imputing the costs of owner-occupied housing by increasing the relative weight of actual rents in the CPI. As the structure of owner-occupied housing differs substantially from that of rental housing, this variant of the imputation method may cause...

In several studies, hedonic methods have been used successfully for the ex post assessment of the accuracy of inflation measurement. Most of those studies relate to high-tech products, with respect to which traditional methods of compiling price indices often fail. We apply hedonic methods to...

In several studies, hedonic methods have been used successfully for the ex post assessment of the accuracy of inflation measurement. Most of those studies relate to high-tech products, with respect to which traditional methods of compiling price indices often fail. We apply hedonic methods to...

Seit Sommer 2016 fördert die deutsche Bundesregierung den Kauf eines neuen Elektroautos mit einer Umweltprämie für Käufer in Höhe von 4.000 Euro und einer zehnjährigen Kfz-Steuerbefreiung. Tatsächlich wird die Förderung jedoch kaum in Anspruch genommen und die Nachfrage nach Elektroautos...