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Continuous Training, Job Satisfaction and Gender: An Empirical Analysis Using German Panel Data

Burgard, Claudia; Görlitz, Katja - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2011

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper analyzes the relationship between training and job satisfaction focusing in particular on gender differences. Controlling for a variety of socio-demographic, job and firm characteristics, we find a difference between males and...

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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes - in East and West Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015

We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...

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Who Is Overeducated and Why?: Probit and Dynamic Mixed Multinomial Logit Analyses of Vertical Mismatch in East and West Germany

Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Schömann, Klaus - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014

Overeducation is an often overlooked facet of untapped human resources. But who is overeducated and why? Relying on … SOEP data 1984‐2011, we use probit models for estimating the likelihood of entering overeducation and dynamic mixed … checks we use three specifications of the target variable, i.e. realized matches, self‐assessment and twofold overeducation …

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Spitzeneinkommen zwischen ökonomischem und normativem Marktversagen: marktorientierte und soziale Legitimation von Topmanager-Gehältern

Krämer, Hagen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

Die Ungleichheit der Einkommensverteilung hat nicht zuletzt deshalb stark zugenommen, weil die Bezieher von Spitzeneinkommen überproportional hohe Einkommenszuwächse erzielten. Vor allem der mittlerweile immense Abstand der Gehälter von Topmanagern zu den von Normalverdienern wird in...

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Completing the Bathtub?: The Development of Top Incomes in Germany, 1907-2007

Anselmann, Christina; Krämer, Hagen M. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

This paper examines the evolution of top incomes in Germany from 1907-2007 with a special focus on past decades. A more detailed analysis of German top incomes is conducted, beginning with a review of selected income distribution measures which indicate that high incomes have played a...

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The Effects of Elite Sports on Later Job Success

Dewenter, Ralf; Giessing, Leonie - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014

This paper analyses the income effect of the participation in elite sports. To quantify the average difference in the monthly net income of former elite athletes and non-athletes we estimate sample average treatment effect scores (SATT) by using covariate nearest-neighbour matching (CVM). While...

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Explaining Rising Income Inequality in Germany, 1991-2010

Schmid, Kai Daniel; Stein, Ulrike - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

In Germany, inequality of net equivalized income increased noticeably in the first half of the new millennium. We aim to identify the main drivers of this rise in income inequality since the early 1990s. We provide a broad overview of the circumstances under which inequality evolved, i.e. which...

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Locus of Control and Low-Wage Mobility

Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Stephani, Jens - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

We investigate whether non-cognitive skills - in particular Locus of Control - are important determinants of the labour market processes at the low-wage margin. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and investigate...

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Unternehmensgründungen von Ausländern in Deutschland: Einkommenseffekte und Implikationen für die Gründungslehre

Block, Jörn; Sandner, Philipp; Wagner, Marcus; … - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009

The paper uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) to analyze start-ups by foreigners in Germany. The regression results are the following: First, foreigners in self-employment are found to earn more than foreigners in a regular employment position. Second, foreigners seem to...

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Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed?: Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors

Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008

High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well-being. This paper studies the importance of individual economic security, in particular, job security, in workers' well-being by exploiting sector-specific institutional differences...

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