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Does the sector experience affect the pay gap for temporary agency workers?
Jahn, Elke J.; Pozzoli, Dario - 2011
temp wage gap and post-temp earnings in Germany. Using a two-stage selection-corrected method in a panel data framework, we … ; dose response function approach ; wages ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311011
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Polarization and rising wage inequality : comparing the U.S. and Germany
Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944725
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The contribution of employer changes to aggregate wage mobility
Hollandt, Nils Torben; Müller, Steffen - 2024
Wage mobility reduces the persistence of wage inequality. We develop a framework to quantify the contribution of employer-to-employer movers to aggregate wage mobility. Using three decades of German social security data, we find that inequality increased while aggregate wage mobility decreased....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015052807
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Job search, human capital and wage inequality
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos - 2012
The objective of this paper is to construct and quantitatively assess an equilibrium search model with on-the-job search and general human capital accumulation. In the model workers enter the labour market with different abilities and firms differ in their productivities. Wages are dispersed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009656069
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How fast do wages adjust to human-capital productivity? : dynamic panel-data evidence from Belgium, Denmark and Finland
Andini, Corrado - 2009
The standard human-capital model is based on the assumption that the observed wage of an individual is equal to the monetary value of the individual net human-capital productivity, the so-called net potential wage. We argue that this assumption is rejected by the ECHP data for Belgium, Denmark...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003920226
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Worker productivity and wages : evidence from linked employer-employee data
Lopes, Ana Sofia; Teixeira, Paulino - 2012
This study compares the determinants of productivity and wages at both firm and worker level. In the firm-level analysis, we follow Hellerstein, Neumark and Troske (1999) and provide improved estimates based on an extended set of covariates including the intensity of firm-provided training. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009674953
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Pay and productivity in a corporatist economy : evidence from Austria
Fuess, Scott M.; Millea, Meghan - 2001
Conventional theory predicts that productivity gains lead to hikes in real pay. Efficiency wage theory hypothesizes that pay increases can lead to productivity improvements. But would such results be observed in a corporatist economy with centralized bargaining? For the case of Austria, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001545528
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Dual returns to experience
Garcia-Louzao, Jose; Hospido, Laura; Ruggieri, Alessandro - 2021
In this paper we study human capital accumulation and wage trajectories of young workers in a dual labor market. Using rich administrative data for Spain, we follow workers since labor market entry to measure experience accumulated under different contractual arrangements and relate it to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012596234
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Empirical findings on the Swiss migration experience
Golder, Stefan M.; Straubhaar, Thomas - 1999
Switzerland has experienced a substantial influx of immigrants over the last 50 years after World War II, which has led Switzerland to have among the highest share of foreigners in population among all OECD countries. This paper analyses the migration experience of Switzerland. The analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295419
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Evaluating the effect of beauty on labor market outcomes : a review of the literature
Liu, Xing Michelle; Sierminska, Eva - 2014
An important underlying determinant of wage discrimination, as well as the gender wage gap is the way the labor market rewards individual physical attractiveness. This article surveys the extensive empirical literature of the effect of physical attractiveness on labor market outcomes. Particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413089