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Do changing institutional settings matter? : educational attainment and family related employment interruptions in Germany
Drasch, Katrin - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"Cross-sectional studies show that in West Germany women with different levels of educational attainment participate differently in the labor market. In this paper, I examine one potential underlying mechanism: the re-entry of mothers in the labor market after a period of inactivity. I argue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143602
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Do changing institutional settings matter? : educational attainment and family related employment interruptions in Germany
Drasch, Katrin - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"Cross-sectional studies show that in West Germany women with different levels of educational attainment participate differently in the labor market. In this paper, I examine one potential underlying mechanism: the re-entry of mothers in the labor market after a period of inactivity. I argue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592305
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Labour market entry of migrants in Germany : does cultural diversity matter?
Haas, Anette; Damelang, Andreas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
migrants and other migrants compared with Germans as the reference group. A multinomial probit model reveals that Turkish … market, whereas EU15 migrants do not differ from Germans in this respect. In addition to controlling for individual and firm … of cultural diversity, young migrants will find employment more easily. In contrast to other studies which emphasize the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592318
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Labour market entry of migrants in Germany : does cultural diversity matter?
Haas, Anette; Damelang, Andreas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
migrants and other migrants compared with Germans as the reference group. A multinomial probit model reveals that Turkish … market, whereas EU15 migrants do not differ from Germans in this respect. In addition to controlling for individual and firm … of cultural diversity, young migrants will find employment more easily. In contrast to other studies which emphasize the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005132549
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On government-subsidized training programs for older workers
Singer, Christine; Toomet, Ott-Siim - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2013
"We analyze the impact of the German WeGebAU programs, which are government-subsidized training measures for employed workers over 45 years old. We apply a dynamic matching approach similar to Crépon et al. (2009) and exploit novel information contained in rich German registry data. We focus on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738377
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What could all the money do? : Ergebnisse eines faktoriellen Surveys zur Bedeutung von Opportunitätskosten bei Weiterbildungsentscheidungen
Osiander, Christopher; Dietz, Martin - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2015
"Publically sponsored further trainings for the unemployed are an important measure of active labour market policies (ALMP) in Germany. Current discussions within this context also focus on the willingness to participate, which is an important prerequisite for the success of the programs....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166890
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The wage costs of motherhood : which mothers are better off and why
Nivorozhkina, Ludmilla; Nivorozhkin, Anton - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"In this paper we analyze how motherhood affects women's wages. Using a dataset from Russia we adopt a matching technique to account for possible selection effects. Our findings indicate that mothers tend to suffer a moderate wage penalty. We also confine our analysis to sector-specific effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592298
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The wage costs of motherhood : which mothers are better off and why
Nivorozhkina, Ludmilla; Nivorozhkin, Anton - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"In this paper we analyze how motherhood affects women's wages. Using a dataset from Russia we adopt a matching technique to account for possible selection effects. Our findings indicate that mothers tend to suffer a moderate wage penalty. We also confine our analysis to sector-specific effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537159
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The intergenerational transmission of educational attainment in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Trübswetter, Parvati - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
, educational opportunities were at times 'actively managed' and allocated to children of less educated parents. What happened to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592403
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The intergenerational transmission of educational attainment in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Trübswetter, Parvati - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
, educational opportunities were at times 'actively managed' and allocated to children of less educated parents. What happened to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838234