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The East German wage structure after transition
Orlowski, Robert; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2009
We extend the literature on transition economies' wage structures by investigating the returns to tenure and experience. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases. We compare the life cycle structure of East and West German wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003843426
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Gender differences in labor supply to monopsonistic firms : an empirical analysis using linked employer-employee data from Germany
Hirsch, Boris (contributor); Schank, Thorsten (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper investigates women's and men's labor supply to the firm within a structural approach based on a dynamic model of new monopsony. Using methods of survival analysis and a linked employer-employee dataset for Germany, we find that labor supply elasticities are small (0.92.4) and that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003394902
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The takeover and selection effects of foreign ownership in Germany : an analysis using linked worker-firm data
Andrews, Martyn J.; Bellmann, Lutz; Schank, Thorsten; … - 2007
We use a linked employer-employee data set from Germany to estimate the wage effect of foreign-affiliates in East and West Germany. In addition, the wage effects of the large number of West German affiliates which are located in East Germany are also considered. The implemented techniques allow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003483740
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Wage mobility in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2011
This article studies the long run patterns and explanations of wage mobility as a characteristic of regional labor markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009526975
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Apprenticeship training and early labor market outcomes in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - 2013
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009742340
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Gender differences in labor supply to monopsonistic firms : an empirical analysis using linked employer-employee data from Germany
Hirsch, Boris; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2006
This paper investigates women's and men's labor supply to the firm within a structural approach based on a dynamic model of new monopsony. Using methods of survival analysis and a linked employer-employee dataset for Germany, we find that labor supply elasticities are small (0.9-2.4) and that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744918
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Establishment survival in East and West Germany : a comparative analysis
Fackler, Daniel - 2014
Verweildaueranalyse, ob sich die Überlebenschancen neu gegründeter Betriebe zwischen West- und Ostdeutschland unterscheiden und ob sie … sich im Zeitablauf angenähert haben. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Betriebe in Ostdeutschland von 1994 bis 1997 relativ gute … Schließungswahrscheinlichkeit in Ostdeutschland stark an, in Westdeutschland jedoch nicht, was vermutlich auf eine Änderung der Subventionspolitik …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238221
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United, yet apart? : a note on persistent labour market differences between Western and Eastern Germany
Schnabel, Claus - 2015
der deutschen Einheit sich die Merkmale und Ergebnisse der Arbeitsmärkte in West- und Ostdeutschland in mancher Hinsicht …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500657