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Do Literacy and Numeracy Pay Off? On the Relationship between Basic Skills and Earnings

Antoni, Manfred; Heineck, Guido - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well as...

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Central School Exit Exams and Labor-Market Outcomes

Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Many countries use centralized exit exams as a governance devise of the school system. While abundant evidence suggests positive effects of central exams on achievement tests, previous research on university-bound students shows no effects on subsequent earnings. We suggest that labor-market...

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Lingering Illness or Sudden Death? Pre-Exit Employment Developments in German Establishments

Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear "shadow of death" effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …

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Establishment Exits in Germany: The Role of Size and Age

Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …

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Reassessing the Wage Penalty for Temps in Germany

Jahn, Elke J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

As a consequence of the rapid growth of temporary agency employment in Germany, the debate on the poor working …

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Survival of Spinoffs and Other Startups: First Evidence for the Private Sector in Germany, 1976-2008

Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

find that spinoffs are less likely to exit than other startups. We show that in West and East Germany and in all sectors …

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