This paper provides an empirical analysis of the structure of earnings in West Germany across skill groups and …

, cannot be corroborated for wages determined at the firm level. Stochastic dominance isconfirmed, as predicted by the …

life cycle effects from macroeconomic effects can describe the dynamics of wages. Our results indicate that insider wages … are uniformly affected by a acroeconomic trend. For some education groups, this also holds for entry wages. Since within …

Das immer drängender werdende Problem der Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland macht eine intensive Diskussion über Ursachen …