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Gender Differences in Further Training Participation – The Role of Individuals, Households and Firms
Burgard, Claudia - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
indicate that there are hardly significant gender differences in the determinants of self-initiated training while employer …, besides job characteristics, as important factors determining the gender gap in employer-provided training participation. …
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Gender Segregation and Gender Wage Differences during the Early Labour Market Career
Bechara, Peggy - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
Using German linked employer-employee data this paper investigates the gender wage gap at the time of entering the … labour market and its development during workers’ early career. The analysis contributes to the existing research on gender … results reveal that all types of segregation and particularly job-cell segregation are significant determinants of the gender …
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The Hidden Increase in Wage Inequality: Skill-biased and Ability-biased Technological Change
Michaelsen, Maren M. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
This study provides strong evidence for an increase in wage inequality induced by skillbiased technological change in the UK manufacturing industry between 1991 and 2006. Using individual level data from the BHPS and industry level data from the OECD, wage regressions are estimated which...
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Analyzing Zero Returns to Education in Germany – Heterogeneous Eff ects and Skill Formation
Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; Schmitz, Hendrik - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2013
We analyze the effect of education on wages using German Socio-Economic Panel data and regional variation in mandatory years of schooling and the supply of schools. This allows us to estimate more than one local average treatment effect and heterogeneous effects for different groups of...
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Revisiting the Complementarity between Education and Training – The Role of Personality, Working Tasks and Firm Effects
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
This paper addresses the question to which extent the complementarity between education and training can be attributed to differences in observable characteristics, i.e. to individual, job and firm specific characteristics. The novelty of this paper is to analyze previously unconsidered...
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Returns to Education in Europe – Detailed Results from a Harmonized Survey
Middendorf, Torge - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2008
We use the European Community Household Panel, a harmonized data set covering the countries of the European Union, to provide detailed estimates of the returns to education. Our results can be summarized as follows. Firstly, average returns to education have been mostly stable during the second...
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Sheepskin Effects in Japan
Bauer, Thomas; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Dross, Patrick J. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2003
Using data for the 1990’s, this paper examines the role of sheepskin effects in the returns to education for Japan. Our estimation results indicate that sheepskin effects explain about 50% of the total returns to schooling. We further find that sheepskin effect are only important for workers...
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Making Dough or Baking Dough? Spousal Housework Responsibilities in Germany, 1992-2011
Procher, Vivien; Ritter, Nolan; Vance, Colin - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2014
- influence his or her contribution to housework? (2) If so, does the magnitude of this influence differ by gender? and (3) How … important are traditional gender roles on housework allocation? We address these issues by applying panel quantile regression …, with the latter effect being roughly equal across genders. At the same time, traditional gender roles also appear to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860287
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You’re Fired! The Causal Negative Effect of Unemployment on Life Satisfaction
Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2008
This paper examines the impact of unemployment on life satisfaction for Germany 1984–2006, using a sample of men and women from the German Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP). Across the board we find large significant negative effects for unemployment on life satisfaction.This paper expands on...
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Household Labor Supply and Home Services in a General-Equilibrium Model with Heterogeneous Agents
Bredemeier, Christian; Jüßen, Falko - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
We propose a new explanation for differences and changes in labor supply by gender and marital status, and in … and allow agents to trade home labor. This model can generate the observed patterns in US labor supply by gender and …
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