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Riphahn, Regina T.; Schnitzlein, Daniel D. - 2011

. Therefore, wage mobility does not balance recent increases in cross-sectional wage inequality. We apply RIF (recentered … ; earnings mobility ; income mobility ; Germany ; East Germany ; inequality ; transition matrix ; Shorrocks index …This article studies the long run patterns and explanations of wage mobility as a characteristic of regional labor …

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Lohnentwicklung im Lebenszyklus : eine Analyse von Ausmaß, Begründung und Heterogenität von Lohnsteigerungen

Orlowski, Robert; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2011

Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) mit der Lohnstruktur auf deutschen Arbeitsmärkten beschäftigen. Die Analysen nutzen neben … deutliche Unterschiede zwischen Ost und West sowie zwischen großen und kleinen Unternehmen hervor. -- Lohnstruktur …

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What drives the reversal of the gender education gap? : evidence from Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Schwientek, Caroline - 2015

We study the mechanisms that are associated with the gender education gap and its reversal in Germany. We focus on three outcomes, graduation from upper secondary school, any tertiary education, and tertiary degree. Neither individual and family background nor labor market characteristics appear...

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Paternal unemployment during childhood : causal effects on youth worklessness and educational attainment

Müller, Steffen; Riphahn, Regina T.; Schwientek, Caroline - 2014

Using long-running data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (1984-2012) we investigate the impact of paternal unemployment on child labor market and education outcomes. We first describe correlation patterns and then use sibling fixed effects and the Gottschalk (1996) method to identify the...

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Naturalization and labor market performance of immigrants in Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Saif, Salwan - 2018

Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in hostcountry labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...

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Seniority in Germany : new evidence on returns to tenure for male full-time workers

Orlowski, Robert; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2007

This study uses recent data taken from the German Socioeconomic Panel (2002-2006) to evaluate the extent of and heterogeneity in returns to tenure for men in East and West Germany, employed in both the private and the public sector. We find significantly different wage patterns in East- and West...

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Fertility effects of child benefits

Riphahn, Regina T.; Wiynck, Frederik - 2016

We exploit the 1996 reform of the German child benefit program to identify the causal effect of heterogeneous child benefits on fertility. While generally the reform increased child benefits, the exact amount of the increase varied substantially by household income and sibship size. We use these...

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The causal effect of age at migration on youth educational attainment

Lemmermann, Dominique; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2016

We investigate the causal effect of age at migration on subsequent educational attainment in the destination country. To identify the causal effect we compare the educational attainment of siblings at age 21, exploiting the fact that they typically migrate at different ages within a given...

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Intergenerational transmission of unemployment : evidence for German sons

Mäder, Miriam; Müller, Steffen; Riphahn, Regina T.; … - 2014

This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using instrumental variables estimation and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what...

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Rational poverty or poor rationality? : The take-up of social assistance benefits

Riphahn, Regina T. - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 47 (2001) 3, pp. 379-398

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