This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz ….S. and Germany but there were various country specific aspects of this increase. For the U.S., we find faster wage growth … Germany. Moreover, we see a large role played by cohort effects in Germany, while we find only small cohort effects in the U …

break. Using the correction, the paper confirms that the rise in wage inequality among full-time workers in West Germany …

This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables …