Using 1985-1999 data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) to analyze wages we confirm the hypothesis that … statistically significant effect on current wages leads one to conclude that computer wage differentials can be attributed to worker …

Amid lively debate on the consequences of temporary employment, the paper examines the wages and transitions of …-tier labour market for temporary employment in Germany. -- mobility ; unemployment ; Fixed-term contracts ; dynamic wages …

One of the long-standing puzzles in economics is why wages do not fall sufficiently in recessions so as to avoid … employees to accept lower wages as well? As an alternative to reviewing statistical data, we have performed an experiment with a … two subjects in the highly stylized roles of employer and employee. Our hypothesis is that employers will not lower wages …

This paper investigates the effect of displacement on reemployment wages of socially insured West German workers who … imputed using a probit estimated on the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). Average wages of those classified as displaced … recalls, and to the probit specification used, and are confirmed in the smaller GSOEP file. -- displaced workers ; wages …

dispersion across employers exists in the sense that different employers offer different wages to the same worker, the theory …