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Does future PC use determine our wages today? : evidence from German panel data

Anger, Silke; Schwarze, Johannes - 2002

Using 1985-1999 data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) to analyze wages we confirm the hypothesis that existing computer wage premiums are determined by individual ability or other unobserved individual characteristics rather than by productivity effects. While a rather large...

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On the wages of temporary help service workers in Germany

Kvasnicka, Michael; Werwatz, Axel - 2002

This paper produces first econometric estimates for Germany of the contemporanous wage gap associated with Temporary Help Service (THS) employment, as well as the long-term effects of THS work on the future earnings of workers. In addition, we present evidence showing that average male real...

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Fixed-term contracts in East and West Germany : low wages, poor prospects?

McGinnity, Frances; Mertens, Antje - 2002 - Rev.

-tier labour market for temporary employment in Germany. -- mobility ; unemployment ; Fixed-term contracts ; dynamic wages …

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Estimating wage losses of displaced workers in Germany

Burda, Michael C.; Mertens, Antje - 1999

This paper investigates the effect of displacement on reemployment wages of socially insured West German workers who became unemployed in 1986. Because detailed information on the cause of job loss is unavailable, displacement status is imputed using a probit estimated on the German...

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Overeducation, undereducation, and the theory of career mobility

Büchel, Felix; Mertens, Antje - 2001

The theory of career mobility (Sicherman and Galor 1990) claims that wage penalties for overeducated workers are … undereducated workers enjoy higher rates of relative wage growth. Our results cast serious doubt on the career mobility model, at … and upward career mobility, the plausibility of our results is supported by the finding that overeducated workers have …

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Nascent and infant entrepreneurs in Germany. Evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)

Wagner, Joachim - EconWPA - 2005

Based on data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper documents that the patterns of variables influencing nascent and infant entrepreneurship are quite similar and broadly in line with our theoretical priors – both types of entrepreneurship are...

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Job stability trends, layoffs and quits : an empirical analysis for West Germany

Bergemann, Annette; Mertens, Antje - 2000

mobility ; duration analysis ; Job stability ; layoffs …

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Training systems and labor mobility : a comparison between Germany and Sweden

Korpi, Tomas; Mertens, Antje - 2002

The impact of general and specific training on income and mobility is an important issue for the discussion around … training (Germany) on inter-firm, inter-occupational, and inter-industrial mobility. The results show that workers with a … school-based vocational degree move more frequently between occupations, while no difference in firm and industrial mobility …

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Job stability trends and labor market (re-)entry in West Germany 1984 - 1997

Mertens, Antje - 1999

termination. -- job stability ; labor mobility ; duration analysis …

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Semiparametric analysis of German East-West migration intentions : facts and theory

Burda, Michael C.; Härdle, Wolfgang; Müller, Marlene; … - 1997

East-West migration in Germany peaked at the beginning of the 90s although the average wage gap between Eastern and Western Germany continues to average about 25%. We analyze the propensity to migrate using microdata from the German Socioeconomic Panel. Fitting a parametric Generalized Linear...

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