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Age and skill bias of trade liberalisation? Heterogeneous employment effects of EU Eastern Enlargement

Fries, Jan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

a Melitz (2003) type productivity term to differentiate firms by the extent of exposure to the demand shock. The idea is … that the effects of the demand shock should be driven by differences in firm-level productivity from the period before the … initial establishment productivity with employment changes over a long panel from 1995 to 2009. The estimates show that the …

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Vocational Training and Gender: Wages and Occupational Mobility among young Workers

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kunze, Astrid - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and occupational mobility. We use longitudinal data for young workers with apprenticeship training in West Germany. Workers make occupational career choices early during their careers and...

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Wann kehren junge Mütter auf den Arbeitsmarkt zurück? Eine Verweildaueranalyse für Deutschland

Weber, Andrea Maria - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Entscheidung junger Mütter, die im Jahr vor der Geburt eines Kindes berufstätig waren, in einem Zeitraum von bis zu drei Jahren nach der Geburt auf den Arbeitsmarkt zurückzukehren. Neben dem Einfluss sozioökonomischer Faktoren werden die Auswirkungen...

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The changing life cycle pattern in female employment: a comparison of Germany and the UK

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002

It is often noted that employment rates of females have been rising during the last decades. However, in contrast to men, women are often part-time employed and the allocation of working time over the life-cycle is linked to family formation. In addition, employment rates may differ across skill...

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Employment of Mothers After Childbirth: French-German Comparison

Weber, Andrea Maria; Lauer, Charlotte - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003

This paper compares the work attachment of French and German women after childbirth. Both fertility and employment of mothers are higher in France than in Germany. Since the sample of mothers deciding on employment after a child is born might not be representative for all women, we take account...

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The gender gap in labor market participation and employment: a cohort analysis for West Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schnabel, Reinhold; Wunderlich, Gaby - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001

Labor market participation rates of West German females have risen during the last decades, whereas participation rates of males have declined or remained stable. Nevertheless, differences in aggregate gender specific participation rates remain. The purpose of this paper is to compare life cycle...

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Do higher corporate taxes reduce wages? Micro evidence from Germany

Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

Because of endogeneity problems very few studies have been able to identify the incidence of corporate taxes on wages … find a negative effect of corporate taxation on wages: a 1 euro increase in tax liabilities yields a 77 cent decrease in …

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Still searching for the wage curve: evidence from Germany and Italy

Ammermüller, Andreas; Lucifora, Claudio; Origo, Federica; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

unemployment and individual wages. Using micro data on hourly wages properly matched to local unemployment rates, we specify and … both countries, the reaction of wages to local unemployment varies significantly along the wage distribution, being more …

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Education, Gender and Earnings in France and Germany: Level and Dispersion Effects

Lauer, Charlotte - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

This paper analyses the relationship between education, gender and earnings in France and Germany. The model chosen here enables to estimate the impact of education not only on the expected earnings level but also on their dispersion, taking gender-specific sample selectivity into account. The...

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Sources of spillovers for imitation and innovation

Cappelli, Riccardo; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

We estimate the effect of R&D spillovers on sales realized by products new to the firm (imitation) and new to the … market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and …

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