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Dynamics of Earnings and Hourly Wages in Germany
Myck, Michal; Ochmann, Richard; Qari, Salmai - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
There is by now a vast number of studies which document a sharp increase in cross-sectional wage inequality during the 2000s. It is often assumed that this inequality is of a "permanent nature" which in turn is used as an argument calling for government intervention. We examine these claims...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822497
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Health Inequality over the Life-Cycle
Halliday, Timothy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We investigate the evolution of health inequality over the life-course. Health is modeled as a latent variable that is determined by three factors: endowments, and permanent and transitory shocks. We employ Simulated Minimum Distance and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to estimate the model....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976878
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Income Satisfaction Inequality and its Causes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. Van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to an Income Satisfaction question posed in the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP). Income satisfaction is the subjective analogue of the objective income concept and includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566463
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Wage Distributions by Bargaining Regime: Linked Employer-Employee Data Evidence from Germany
Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Using linked employer-employee data from the German Structure of Earnings Survey 2001, this paper provides a comprehensive picture of the wage structure in three wage-setting regimes prevalent in the German system of industrial relations. We analyze wage distributions for various labor market...
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Extensive vs. Intensive Margin in Germany and the United States: Any Differences?
Merkl, Christian; Wesselbaum, Dennis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older U.S. studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455543
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A Comment on Variance Decomposition and Nesting Effects in Two- and Three-Level Designs
Konstantopoulos, Spyros - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Multilevel models are widely used in education and social science research. However, the effects of omitting levels of the hierarchy on the variance decomposition and the clustering effects have not been well documented. This paper discusses how omitting one level in three-level models affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762262
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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector … China and the other BRICS. These differences are down to differences in industrial policy: in China industrial policy …
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The Role of Coresidency with Adult Children in the Labor Force Participation Decisions of Older Men and Women in China
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Zhang, Dandan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884100
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Preferential Market Access into the Chinese Market: How Good is it for Africa?
Co, Catherine Y.; Dimova, Ralitza - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In 2005 China provided duty-free access to 190 items from 25 least developed sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Three … years later duty-free access was extended to 454 items from 31 SSA LDCs. We find no evidence that China's preferential …
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Minimum Wages and Employment in China
Fang, Tony; Lin, Carl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Since China promulgated new minimum wage regulations in 2004, the magnitude and frequency of changes in the minimum … changes in China over the period of 2004 to 2009. In contrast to the mixed results of previous studies using provincial … Central regions of China, and result in disemployment for females, young adults, and low-skilled workers. …
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