Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment … (with rather stable wage inequality) have led to a popular view in the economics profession that these two phenomena are …

This paper studies the relationship between employment and wage structures in West Germany based on the IAB employment … as important dimensions of heterogeneity. After having identified cohort effects in skill wage premia and in the … evolution of relative employment measures, we estimate elasticities of substitution between employees in three different skill …

a somewhat higher wage elasticity in absolute terms than medium-skilled labour. A small part of shift in demand away …

This paper investigates the evolution of wages and the recent tendency to rising wage inequality in Germany, based on … the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for 1984 to 2004. Between 1984 and 1994 the wage distribution was fairly stable …. Wage inequality started to increase around 1994 in Germany for all workers and for prime age dependent male workers as well …

seniority wages are paid on the basis of agency, human capital or efficiency wage considerations. A representative linked … establishment level. Finally, the seniority wage indicator is explained by establishment characteristics. This contribution shows … bargaining coverage and works councils have a positive impact and the share of foreigners, training intensity and initial wage …