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Riphahn, Regina T. - 2012

. Therefore, wage mobility does not balance recent increases in cross-sectional wage inequality. We apply RIF (recentered …This article studies the long run patterns and explanations of wage mobility as a characteristic of regional labor … markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage …

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Naturalization and Labor Market Performance of Immigrants in Germany

Riphahn, Regina T. - 2018

Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...

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What Drives the Reversal of the Gender Education Gap? Evidence from Germany

Riphahn, Regina T. - 2015

We study the mechanisms that are associated with the gender education gap and its reversal in Germany. We focus on three outcomes, graduation from upper secondary school, any tertiary education, and tertiary degree. Neither individual and family background nor labor market characteristics appear...

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Intergenerational Transmission of Unemployment : Evidence for German Sons

Mäder, Miriam - 2014

This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using instrumental variables estimation and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what...

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Behavioral Effects of Probation Periods : An Analysis of Worker Absenteeism

Riphahn, Regina T.; Thalmaier, Anja - 2021

The theoretical probation literature shows that individuals have incentives to mimic "good workers" during periods of employment probation. This study empirically tests at the example of absence behavior, whether such behavioral responses to the incentives of probation periods exist. We find...

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Is Job Stability Declining in Germany? Evidences from Count Data Models

Winkelmann, Rainer; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2023

The macro evidence of increased adjustment pressure since the early seventies suggests that job mobility should have …

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Labor Force Transitions of Older Married Couples in Germany

Blau, David M.; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023

This study investigates the labor force behavior of older married couples in Germany. Monthly observations from the first eleven waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) are used to describe and analyze the relationship between the labor force behavior of husbands and wives. The...

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