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Varying youth cohort effects on regional labour market outcomes in Germany
Graaff, Thomas de; Ozgen, Ceren; Roth, Duncan - 2018
We assess how changes in youth cohort sizes effect employment rates in German labour market regions. Replicating the … conventional approach, we estimate that a percentage increase in the youth share reduces regional employment rates by -0.2%. We … pressure on urban regional employment rates as a result of the projected decrease in the size of the German youth share. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947720
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Multidimensional affluence : theory and applications to Germany and the US
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2011
This paper suggests multidimensional affluence measures for the top of the distribution. In contrast to commonly used top income shares, they allow the analysis of the extent, intensity and breadth of affluence in several dimensions within a common framework. We illustrate this by analyzing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379623
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Lower and upper bounds of unfair inequality : theory and evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - 2011
Previous estimates of unfair inequality of opportunity (IOp) are only lower bounds because of the unobservability of the full set of endowed circumstances beyond the sphere of individual responsibility. In this paper, we suggest a new estimator based on a fixed effects panel model which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310036
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Demographic aging and employment dynamics in German regions : modeling regional heterogeneity
Graaff, Thomas de; Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Ozgen, Ceren - 2017
economies. The relationship between demographic ageing and employment outcomes is even more worrying once the relationship is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647469