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The Savings Behavior of Temporary and Permanent Migrants in Germany

Bauer, Thomas K.; Sinning, Mathias - 2005

This paper examines the relative savings position of migrant households in West Germany, paying particular attention to … differences between temporary and permanent migrants.Our findings reveal significant differences in the savings rates between … are taken into account. The results of a decomposition analysis indicate that differences in the savings rate between …

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Expanding schooling opportunities for 4-year-olds

Leuven, Edwin; Lindahl, Mikael; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - In: Economics of education review 29 (2010) 3, pp. 319-328

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Wage effects of an extra year of basic vocational education

Oosterbeek, Hessel; Webbink, Herman Dinand - In: Economics of education review 26 (2007) 4, pp. 408-419

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Can students predict starting salaries? Yes!

Webbink, Herman Dinand; Hartog, Joop - In: Economics of education review 23 (2004) 2, pp. 103-113

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Sheepskin Effects in Japan

Bauer, Thomas K.; Dross, Patrick J.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2003

Using data for the 1990 ?s,this paper examines the role of sheepskin effects in the returns to education for Japan.Our estimation results indicate that sheepskin effects explain about 50%of the total returns to schooling.We further find that sheepskin effect are only important for workers in...

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The Demand for High-skilled Workers and Immigration Policy

Bauer, Thomas K.; Kunze, Astrid - 2003

This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the demand for high-skilled workers using a new firm data set, the IZA International Employer Survey 2000. Our results suggest that while workers from EU-countries are mainly complements to domestic high-skilled workers, workers from non-EU countries...

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Real and Nominal Wage Rigidities and the Rate of Inflation: Evidence from West German Micro Data

Bauer, Thomas K.; Bonin, Holger; Sunde, Uwe - 2004

The paper examines real and nominal wage rigidities.We estimate a switching regime model, in which the observed distribution of individual wage changes, computed from West German register data for 1976-1997, is generated by simultaneous processes of real, nominal or no wage rigidity, and...

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Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments

Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan; Bonin, Holger - 2004

Based on a large employer-employee matched data set, the paper investigates the effects of variable enforcement of German dismissal protection legislation on the employment dynamics in small establishments. Specifically, using a difference-in-differences approach, we study the effect of changes...

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Educational mismatch and wages : a panel analysis

Bauer, Thomas K. - In: Economics of education review 21 (2002) 3, pp. 221-229

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Test scores, noncognitive skills and economic growth

Balart, Pau; Oosterveen, Matthijs; Webbink, Herman Dinand - In: Economics of education review 63 (2018), pp. 134-153

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