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Comparing the part-time wage gap in Germany and the Netherlands
Wolf, Elke - 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...
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How much does a year off cost? : estimating the wage effects of employment breaks and part-time periods
Beblo, Miriam - 2000
rate. Controlling for individual heterogeneity with respect to industry sector and job position decreases the estimated …
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The changing life cycle pattern in female employment : a comparison of Germany and the UK
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - 2002
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Promotion prospects and within-level wage growth : a decomposition of the part-time penalty for women
Ilieva, Boryana - 2023
I study the life-cycle pattern of part-time employment and its impact on wage growth in female careers. I show that the part-time wage penalty consists of two essential components: i) a penalty for promotions and ii) a within-career-level wage penalty. Using dynamic structural modeling, I...
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Low-wage jobs : stepping stone or poverty trap?
Knabe, Andreas; Plum, Alexander - 2010
We examine whether low-paid jobs have an effect on the occupational advancement probability of unemployed persons to obtain better-paid jobs in the future (stepping-stone effect). We make use of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and apply a dynamic random-effects probit model. Our...
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Technological change and skill obsolescence : the case of German apprenticeship training
Blechinger, Doris; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 1996
The paper analyses the applicability of vocational training and the earnings of apprentices using survey data from West Germany in 1979, 1985/86 and 1991/92. The applicability has decreased remarkably between 1979 and 1991/92. The objective of the analysis is a survey-data-based assessment of...
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Are women in science less ambitious than men? : experimental evidence on the role of gender and STEM in promotion applications
Süer, Müge - 2023
The gender wage gap is to a significant extent driven by gender-based job segregation. One of the potential culprits can be found in supply-side behavioral differences in promotion applications. In this study, using a controlled lab experiment, we disentangle the roles of gender, field of study,...
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M-PRESS-CreditRisk : a holistic micro- and macroprudential approach to capital requirements
Tente, Natalia; Westernhagen, Natalja von; Slopek, Ulf … - 2017
M-PRESS-CreditRisk is a new top-down macro stress testing framework that can help supervisors gauge banks' capital adequacy related to credit risk. For the first time, it combines calibration of microprudential capital requirements and macroprudential buffers in a unified, coherent framework....
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Working more for less : part-time penalties across the working hours distribution
Günther, Tom; Schneider, Ulrich; Stürmer-Heiber, Fabian - 2023
We use German administrative and survey data to investigate the heterogeneity of part-time penalties in hourly wages … and growth rates. Exploiting tax reforms for identification, we find substantial heterogeneity in part-time wage penalties … from -28.3% to -7.2% compared to full-time. The heterogeneity in wage growth penalties is less pronounced. Both penalties …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014340857
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Working more for less : part-time penalties across the working hours distribution?
Günther, Tom; Schneider, Ulrich C.; Stürmer-Heiber, Fabian - 2023
We use German administrative and survey data to investigate the heterogeneity of parttime penalties in hourly wages and … growth rates. Exploiting tax reforms for identification, we find substantial heterogeneity in part-time wage penalties from … −28.3% to −7.2% compared to full-time. The heterogeneity in wage growth penalties is less pronounced. Both penalties do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014343107