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data which approximately covers the universe of R&D-active plants in Germany, we exploit around 7,300 changes in the …
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Britain and Germany looking at two longitudinal datasets (BHPS and GSOEP respectively) for years 1995-2004. It stresses the …
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We investigate the wage effects of privatization using person-level firm-based panel datasets from one privatized and one nonprivatized public sector firm in the same country for the years immediately before and after privatization. Thus, we can analyze the before-after effects of privatization...
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We review the empirical literature about the implications of the computerization of the labor market to see whether it can explain observed computer adoption patterns and (long-term) changes in the wage structure. Evidence from empirical micro studies turns out to be inconsistent with macro...
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workers in Germany, firms have incentives to invest relatively more into capital equipment complementary to unskilled workers … evidence consistent with this view based on an industry panel for West Germany and the US between the 1970s and 1990s. We show … that capital equipment per worker is less positively associated with the wage differential in West Germany than in the US …
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throughout the years 1992-2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. -- wage inequality … ; censored quantile regression ; Machado/Mata decomposition ; IABS ; East Germany ; West Germany …
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' ability to discriminate against women. Utilising a large administrative data set for western Germany and a flexible semi …
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analysis builds on the task-based approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as implemented by Spitz-Oener (2006) for Germany … of wage inequality in Germany. -- Wage inequality ; occupations ; tasks ; skill biased technical change ; polarization …
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large immigrant receiving countries, Germany and the UK. We show that, despite large differences in their immigrant …
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We examine the causes for rising income inequality in Europe’s most populous economy. From 2000 to 2006, Germany …
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