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Understanding rising income inequality in Germany

Biewen, Martin; Juhasz, Andos - 2010

We examine the causes for rising income inequality in Europe’s most populous economy. From 2000 to 2006, Germany …

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Which program for whom? : Evidence on the comparative effectiveness of public sponsored training programs in Germany

Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; … - 2007

We use a new and exceptionally rich administrative data set for Germany to evaluate the employment effects of a variety … dynamic selection into programs. Our results suggest that in West Germany both short-term and medium-term programs show … exceptions, we find little evidence for significant positive treatment effects in East Germany. There is some evidence that the …

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A goodness-of-fit approach to estimating equivalence scales

Biewen, Martin; Juhasz, Andos - 2013

We use income satisfaction data in order to estimate equivalence scales. Our method differs from previous attempts to use satisfaction data for this purpose in that it can be used to estimate or evaluate any given parametric equivalence scale. It can also be employed to investigate specific...

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Potential parenthood and career progression of men and women : a simultaneous hazards approach

Biewen, Martin; Seifert, Stefanie - 2016

We analyze individual career transitions of men and women in Germany. Our particular focus is on the association of …

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Life-cycle educational choices : evidence for two German cohorts

Biewen, Martin; Tapalaga, Madalina - 2016

We study life-cycle educational transitions in an education system characterized by early tracking and institutionalized branches of academic and vocational training but with the possibility to revise earlier decisions at later stages. Our model covers all major transitions ranging from...

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Who are the chronic poor? : Evidence on the extent and the composition of chronic poverty in Germany

Biewen, Martin (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Measuring state dependence in individual poverty status : are there feedback effects to employment decisions and household composition?

Biewen, Martin (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Estimation of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson inequality indices from complex survey data

Biewen, Martin (contributor); Jenkins, Stephen (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Why a labour market boom does not necessarily bring down inequality: putting together Germany's inequality puzzle

Biewen, Martin; Sturm, Miriam - 2021

After an economically tough start into the new millennium, Germany experienced an unprecedented employment boom after …

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Changes in the German wage structure : unions, internationalization, tasks, firms, and worker characteristics

Biewen, Martin; Seckler, Matthias - 2017

in male wage inequality in Germany over the period 1995-2010. In contrast to most previous contributions, we rely on the … results suggest that recent changes in the distribution of hourly wages in Germany look different from the polarizing patterns …

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