"Using representative linked employer-employee data of the German Federal Employment Agency, this paper analyzes to which extent full-time employees who earned low wages (less than two-thirds of the median wage) in 1998/99 were able to earn higher wages in the following years, and which factors...

"Using representative linked employer-employee data of the German Federal Employment Agency, this paper analyzes to which extent full-time employees who earned low wages (less than two-thirds of the median wage) in 1998/99 were able to earn higher wages in the following years, and which factors...

Die aktuelle Diskussion über zu hohe Managergehälter am oberen und zu niedrige Löhne am unteren Ende der Gehaltsskala führt zu den Grundregeln der Lohnbildung. In der ökonomischen Theorie stehen dabei vor allem individuelle Produktivitätsunterschiede als Ursache von Lohnunterschieden im...