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The 2011 break in the part-time indicator and the evolution of wage inequality in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Seidlitz, Arnim - 2019
break. Using the correction, the paper confirms that the rise in wage inequality among full-time workers in West Germany …
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Wage inequality consequences of expanding public childcare
Riedel, Lukas - 2024
This paper assesses the impact of a large expansion of public childcare in Germany on wage inequality. Exploiting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473280
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Automation and polarization
Acemoglu, Daron; Löbbing, Jonas - 2023
We develop an assignment model of automation. Each of a continuum of tasks of variable complexity is assigned to either capital or one of a continuum of labor skills. We characterize conditions for interior automation, whereby tasks of intermediate complexity are assigned to capital. Interior...
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Dissecting between-plant and within-plant wage dispersion : evidence from Germany
Baumgarten, Daniel; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Lehwald, Sybille - 2018
Using rich linked employer-employee data for (West) Germany between 1996 and 2014, we analyze the most important … the sources of the recent slowdown in German wage inequality and compare the results for West Germany to the ones for East … Germany. We disentangle the relative contribution of each single variable to the rise in wage dispersion using recentered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011930728
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Has earnings inequality in Germany changed in the 1980's?
Steiner, Viktor; Wagner, Kersten - 1996
inequality in Germany has increased very little in the 1980's, if at all. It is shown ·that the marked increase in earnings …
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Do women expect wage cuts for part-time work?
Schrenker, Annekatrin - 2020
Wage expectations for full- and part-time employment are key for understanding the labor supply decisions of women. However, whether women expect different wages between part-time and full-time work is not fully understood. Using German survey data, I quantify the expected full-time/part-time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012285506
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014492126
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Causal misperceptions of the part-time pay gap
Schrenker, Annekatrin - 2023
('selection neglect bias'). Based on representative survey data from Germany, I document substantial misperceptions of the part …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477358
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Causal misperceptions of the part-time pay gap
Schrenker, Annekatrin - 2023
('selection neglect bias'). Based on representative survey data from Germany, I document substantial misperceptions of the part …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088380
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The fall and rebound of average establishment size in West Germany
Kovalenko, Tim; Sauerbier, Timo; Schröpf, Benedikt - 2024
In West Germany, the average size of establishments declined during the 1990s and started to increase again in the late …-of-variety preferences for employers. Both empirics and theory reveal that higher size wage premiums decrease average establishment size by …
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