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Gender wage differences in West Germany: a cohort analysis
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
A comprehensive descriptive analysis of gender wage differences over a long time period is missing for West Germany … well as life-cycle and birth cohort effects, we go beyond conventional decomposition techniques of the average gender wage … gap. The paper provides some stylized facts of the level and dynamics of the gender wage gap from 1975 - 1995. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097582
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The changing gender gap across the wage distribution in the UK
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001
This paper contributes descriptive evidence on the development of the gender wage gap for different skill groups and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098413
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Rising Wage Dispersion, After All ! The German Wage Structure at the Turn of the Century
Kohn, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
Using register data from the IAB employment sample, this paper studies the wage structure in the German labor market throughout the years 1992{2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and occurred predominantly in the lower part of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098050
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Earnings of Men and Women in Firms with a Female Dominated Workforce: What Drives the Impact of Sex Segregation on Wages?
Heinze, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
This study analyzes the relationship between the segregation of women across establishments and the salaries paid to men and women. My aim is to separate the impact the proportion of women working within an establishment has upon individual wages. For this purpose hypotheses are formulated as to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098224
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Wage discrimination and occupational segregation of foreign male workers in Germany
Velling, Johannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1995
discrimination itself we applied a tobit estimation procedure to the wage equation and carried out the usual Blinder …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008567621
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Wage Penalties for Career Interruptions: An Empirical Analysis for West Germany
Beblo, Miriam; Wolf, Elke - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002
which can only be approximated using just the IAB employment sample. Our IV fixed effects estimation results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097794
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Comparing the part-time wage gap in Germany and the Netherlands
Wolf, Elke - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001
In this paper, I contrast the quality of part-time jobs - in terms of hourly wage rates - with those of full-timers. Using the Netherlands as a benchmark, helps to assess the size and seriousness of the estimated wage differentials in Germany. Based on two comparable household surveys, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097898
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Lower wages for less hours? A simultaneous wage-hours model for Germany
Wolf, Elke - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
estimation. …
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All Quiet on the Wage Front?
Puhani, Patrick A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1997
private than in the public sector. Our test results show that, contrary to the public sector, there are no gender differences … in the valuation of human capital in the private sector. This supports the hypothesis that the transition towards a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097547
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Union Density and Varieties of Coverage: The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany
Lembcke, Alexander C.; Kohn, Karsten; Fitzenberger, Bernd - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered firm are necessarily covered. This institutional setup suggests to explicitly distinguish union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097975