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 …

the gender wage gap in West Germany between 2001 and 2006. Based on detailed linked employer-employee data, we show that … for male (female) employees. Despite these changes, the gender wage gap remains almost constant, with some small gains for … contribute to an increase in the gender wage gap. Personal characteristics tend to reduce wage inequality for both, males and …

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

and occupation explain fairly little. Extending the analysis to total employment confirms the basic findings, while …

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 …

Long-term public sector sponsored training programs often show little or negative short-run employment effects and … estimates the long-run differential employment effects of three different types of training programs in West Germany. We use … treatment effects on employment rates in the medium- and long-run. The differential effects of the three programs compared to …

This study re-estimates the employment effects of training programs for the unemployed using exogenous variation in …