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Growing into work : pseudo panel data evidence on labor market entrance in Germany
Inkmann, Joachim; Klotz, Stefan; Pohlmeier, Winfried - 1998
subsequent earnings and if a potential reduction lasts over the individual's labor market history. We construct a pseudo panel of … 1979, 1985/86, and 1991/92. Analyzing the pseudo panel data we find a strong negative impact on earnings for both a failed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011620306
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Wage discrimination and occupational segregation of foreign male workers in Germany
Velling, Johannes - 1995
We analyze wage discrimination against foreign male workers in Germany with respect to different nationality groups and focused on its interaction with occupational segregation. We found evidence of strong occupational segregation, which we mainly attribute to institutional factors but also to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622892
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EU enlargement and (temporary) migration : effects on labour market outcomes in Germany
Hammer, Luisa; Hertweck, Matthias S. - 2022
EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May 2011. Taking into account that not all immigrantsstay permanently and that outmigration flows are selective, this paper classifies recent EUimmigrants into “new arrivals” and...
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A model-based analysis of the macroeconomic impact of the refugee migration to Germany
Stähler, Nikolai - 2017
By simulating various (labour market) integration scenarios with the aid of a New Keynesian DSGE model, this paper explores the potential economic consequences and transmission mechanisms resulting from the recent refugee migration to Germany. We find that the long-run costs and benefits for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632192
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Intergenerational mobility and self-selection of asylum seekers in Germany
Kolb, Michael; Neidhöfer, Guido; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2019 - This version, 13 June 2019
We exploit a novel survey of recently arrived asylum seekers in Germany in order to estimate the degree of intergenerational mobility in education among refugees and compare it to the educational mobility of similar-aged individuals in their region of origin. The findings show that the refugees...
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Die Entwicklung der Lohnstruktur im ostdeutschen Transformationsprozeß
Steiner, Viktor; Puhani, Patrick A. - 1996
The development and the structure of the distribution of hourly wages in Eastem Germany between 1990 and 1994 are analysed on the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). To this end, we first calculate standard measures of inequality and decompose the changes in the inequality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621342
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Nonparametric bounds on employment and income effects of continuous vocational training in East Germany
Lechner, Michael - 1996
This paper explores the potential of an approach suggested by Manski of obtaining nonparametric bounds for treatment effects in evaluation studies without knowledge of the participation process. The practical concern is the effects of continuous vocational training in East Germany. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622732
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Has earnings inequality in Germany changed in the 1980's?
Steiner, Viktor; Wagner, Kersten - 1996
The development of the West German earnings distribution in the 1980's is analysed on the basis of both the German … Socio-Economic Panel and micro-data from the Employment Register of the Federal Labour Office. We find that earnings … inequality in Germany has increased very little in the 1980's, if at all. It is shown ·that the marked increase in earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622930
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Does a Bachelor's degree pay off? : labor market outcomes of academic versus vocational education after Bologna
Neugebauer, Martin; Weiss, Felix - 2017
classical universities are associated with higher earnings and more prestigious jobs than initial vocational training degrees …, and with higher prestige (but similar earnings) than further vocational degrees. However, bachelor’s degrees from … combine academic and practical training, offer both high earnings and prestigious jobs as well as low risks of unemployment or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636693
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The returns to education for opportunity entrepreneurs, necessity entrepreneurs, and paid employees
Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias J. M. - 2012
We assess the relevance of formal education for the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative employment options. We expect differences in the returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580842