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Human Capital Depreciation During Family-related Career Interruptions in Male and Female Occupations
Görlich, Dennis; Grip, Andries de - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
This study investigates the relation between human capital depreciation during family-related career interruptions and occupational choice of women in the (West) German labour market. In contrast to other studies that do not explicitly focus on family-related career interruptions, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755113
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Offshoring and Labour Market Inequalities
Schwörer, Tillmann - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
This paper estimates the effects of offshoring on labour market inequalities between skill groups based on German industry level data from 1995 to 2007. Our main findings are the following: First, offshoring is on average biased in favour of high-skilled employees and in disfavour of low-skilled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886901
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Low Social Mobility in Bolivia: Causes and Consequences for Development
Andersen, Lykke E. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
This paper investigates social mobility in Bolivia and discusses its implications for poverty reduction and long-run growth. Regressions based on household survey data show that social mobility is very low in Bolivia, even by Latin American standards. This is mainly caused by an inadequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818858
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Selection wages and discrimination
Schlicht, Ekkehart - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
Applicants for any given job are more or less suited to fill it, and the firm will select the best among them. Increasing the wage offer attracts more applicants and makes it possible to raise the hiring standard and improve the productivity of the staff. Wages that optimize on the trade-off...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005083344
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Within-establishment wage inequality and satisfaction
Poggi, Ambra - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
The aim of this paper is to provide fresh empirical evidence of the mechanisms through which wage inequality affects … inequality. Her results are robust within the different specifications and different definitions of the reference group. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956073
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Determinants of growth and convergence in a growing economy with heterogeneous entrepreneurs
Dohse, Dirk; Ott, Ingrid - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
We develop an endogenous growth model which is focussed on entrepreneurial skills and their impact on growth and … respects. Entrepreneurs in our model dispose of two different skills (technological and systemic skills) and we are able to … show that it is not only the absolute skill level but also the aggregate distribution of different skills that drives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755150
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Skill-Biased Technological Change and the Business Cycle
Balleer, Almut; Rens, Thijs van - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
Over the past two decades, technological progress in the United States has been biased towards skilled labor. What does this imply for business cycles? We construct a quarterly skill premium from the CPS and use it to identify skill-biased technology shocks in a VAR with long-run restrictions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886889
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Wage Inequality and the Changing Organization of Work
Görlich, Dennis; Snower, Dennis - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
This paper sheds light on how changes in the organization of work lead to wage inequality. We present a theoretical … groups, our theory explains (1) rising wage inequality between groups, (2) rising wage inequality within groups, and (3) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543246
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The Effect of Low-Wage Subsidies on Skills and Employment
Oskamp, Frank; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
We explore the far-reaching implications of low-wage subsidies on skill formation, aggregate employment and welfare. Low-wage subsidies have three important effects. First, they promote employment of low-skilled workers (who tend to be the ones who earn low wages). Second, by raising the payoff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103185
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Wage Inequality and the Changing Organization of Work
Görlich, Dennis; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
This paper sheds light on how changes in the organization of work lead to wage inequality. We present a theoretical … groups, our theory explains (1) rising wage inequality between groups, (2) rising wage inequality within groups, and (3) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982753