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On the job search and the wage distribution
Christensen, Bent Jesper; Mortensen, Dale; Neumann, … - 2000
dispersion across employers exists in the sense that different employers offer different wages to the same worker, the theory …The estimates of the structural parameters of a job separations model derived from the theory of on-the-job search are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009612015
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Intuitive optimizing for time allocation decisions in newly formed ventures
Lévesque, Moren; Schade, Christian D. - 2002
This article investigates whether decision makers intuitively optimize close to the normative prediction in entrepreneurial decision situations where their time must be allocated between a wage job and a newly formed venture. We offer an analytical model based on maximizing expected utility, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621420
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Semiparametric three step estimation methods in labor supply models
Fernández Álvarez, Ana Isabel; Rodríguez Poo, Juan Manuel - 1998
, under standard assumptions in studies of labor supply, the estimator based on predicted wages is shown to be consistent and … compare the results empirically against those obtained in standard three step estimators based on predicted wages. -- Marginal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578581
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Information cascades on the labor market
Kübler, Dorothea; Weizsäcker, Georg - 2001
A model of herding behavior on the labor market is discussed where employers only receive signals with limited precision about the workers' types, but can observe previous employers' decisions. In particular, we study a situation where the employer and the worker can influence the signal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009616781
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Sources of German unemployment : a structural vector error correction analysis
Brüggemann, Ralf - 2001
parameter restrictions. A cointegration analysis for the unified Germany reveals a long rum relationship between real wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009613616
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Inside the black box of temporary help agencies
Kvasnicka, Michael (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001917018
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Does future PC use determine our wages today? : evidence from German panel data
Anger, Silke; Schwarze, Johannes - 2002
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009620769
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On the wages of temporary help service workers in Germany
Kvasnicka, Michael; Werwatz, Axel - 2002
This paper produces first econometric estimates for Germany of the contemporanous wage gap associated with Temporary Help Service (THS) employment, as well as the long-term effects of THS work on the future earnings of workers. In addition, we present evidence showing that average male real...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009626745
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Fixed-term contracts in East and West Germany : low wages, poor prospects?
McGinnity, Frances; Mertens, Antje - 2002 - Rev.
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009627289
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Estimating wage losses of displaced workers in Germany
Burda, Michael C.; Mertens, Antje - 1999
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580479