We study the mechanisms that are associated with the gender education gap and its reversal in Germany. We focus on … family background nor labor market characteristics appear to be strongly associated with the gender education gap. There is … some evidence that the gender gap in upper secondary education reflects the rising share of single parent households which …

employment, they should benefit the most from minimum wage policies. This study examines the change in the gender wage gap around … decomposition of the change in the gender differences in wage distributions around the date of introduction of minimum wages. We … separate out 'price' effects attributed to minimum wages from 'employment composition' effects. A significant reduction of the …

birth-related employment interruptions. The reform yields most of the intended effects …

employment probation. This study empirically tests at the example of absence behavior, whether such behavioral responses to the … probation periods: Once individuals enter into regular employment and employment probation is completed, the probability of work …

semiparametric discrete factor procedure separately for men and women. Approximating a dynamic optimization model, the estimation …

cent of a macroeconomic income shock. Introducing a fiscal equalisation system based on taxing capacity would redistribute …

penalty associated with non-compliance. Workers may enter self-employment or search for jobs as employees. Workers with higher … managerial skills will run larger firms while workers with lower will manage smaller firms and will be in self-employment only … when they cannot find a salary job. For these workers self-employment is a secondary/informal form of employment. The …

characterized by the growth of public employment and a move towards less selective recruitment schemes.More critically, it totally …