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New insights on earnings trends across skill groups and industries in West Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kurz, Claudia - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 1997

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...

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Wage and Productivity Effect of Continuing Training in Germany : A Sectoral Analysis

Kuckulenz, Anja - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2006

Wage and productivity effects of training are compared to study how the training rent is shared between employers and employees. Using panel data from 1996-2002, I analyse the impact of continuing training on wages and productivity in a Cobb-Douglas production framework. Using system GMM...

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Training, mobility, and wages : specific versus general human capital

Garloff, Alfred; Kuckulenz, Anja - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2006

This paper considers training, mobility decisions and wages together to test for the specificity of human capital … contained in continuing training courses. We empirically analyse the relationship between training, mobility and wages in two … ways. First, we examine the correlation between training and mobility. In a second step, we consider wage effects of …

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Marry Your Like: Assortative Mating and Income Inequality

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2014

inequality? Data from the United States Census Bureau suggests there has been a rise in assortative mating. Additionally …, assortative mating a¤ects household income inequality. In particular, if matching in 2005 between husbands and wives had been ….34, so that income inequality would be smaller. Thus, assortative mating is important for income inequality. The high level …

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Technology and the Changing Family: A Unified Model of marriage, Divorce, Educational Attainment and Married Female Labor-Force Participation

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kocharkov, Georgi; … - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2015

. Income inequality among households has also widened. A unified model of marriage, divorce, educational attainment and married … income inequality. …

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Invest, expropriate, or wait? Expected income and the demand for redistribution

Harms, Philipp; Zink, Stefan - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2000

In this paper we offer an explanation why a poor majority does not necessarily expropriate a rich minority. We present a dynamic model in which individuals are willing to accept an unequal distribution of income in the current period if they are sufficiently optimistic about their future...

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Economic Freedom and Government Ideology Across the German States

Potrafke, Niklas - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2011

This paper examines whether government ideology influenced economic freedom across the German states. The results show that in former West Germany rightwing governments promoted economic freedom, whereas leftwing governments confined it. In former East Germany, however, rightwing governments...

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Does government ideology influence budget composition? Empirical evidence from OECD countries

Potrafke, Niklas - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2010

This paper examines whether government ideology has influenced the allocation of public expenditures in OECD countries. I analyze two datasets that report different expenditure categories and cover the time periods 1970-1997 and 1990-2006, respectively. The results suggest that government...

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Does Government Ideology Matter in Monetary Policy? A Panel Data Analysis for OECD Countries

Belke, Ansgar; Potrafke, Niklas - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2011

This paper examines whether government ideology has influenced monetary policy in OECD countries. We use quarterly data in the 1980.1-2005.4 period and exclude EMU countries. Our Taylor-rule specification focuses on the interactions of a new time-variant index of central bank independence with...

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Macroeconomic Stability and Wage Inequality: A Model with Credit and Labor Market Frictions

Marotzke, Petra - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2011

wage inequality increased. This paper argues that increasing financial development can contribute to both changes. I … inequality, although aggregate output volatility is lower. …

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