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Education and Wage Inequality in Germany: A Review of the Empirical Literature
Weber, Andrea Maria; Ammermüller, Andreas - 2003
This paper reviews the current state of knowledge on the link between education and wage inequality in Germany. The wage inequality is characterized by its stability, although a more detailed analysis reveals structural differences, especially between East and West Germany. Both the between and...
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A Test of the 'Krugman Hypothesis' for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2003
Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment (with rather stable wage inequality) have led to a popular view in the economics profession that these two phenomena are related to negative relative demand shocks against the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297281
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Education and Unemployment: A French-German Comparison
Lauer, Charlotte - 2003
This paper analyses the link between educational attainment and unemployment risk in a French-German comparison, based on a discrete time competing risks hazard rate model applied to comparable microdata sets. The unemployment risk is broken down into the risk of entering unemployment and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297286
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Do Fixed-Term Contracts Increase the Long-Term Employment Opportunities of the Unemployed?
Hagen, Tobias - 2003
The paper investigates whether (unsubsidised) fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are a means of integration for the unemployed in the West German labour market. This is done by analysing whether entering into an FTC improves the employment opportunities of an unemployed person in terms of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297300
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PISA: What Makes the Difference? Explaining the Gap in PISA Test Scores Between Finland and Germany
Ammermüller, Andreas - 2004
The huge difference in the level and variance of student performance in the 2000 PISA study between Finland and Germany motivates this paper. It analyses why Finnish students performed so much better by estimating educational production functions for both countries. The difference in the reading...
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Eine empirische Analyse von Sanktionen für Arbeitslose in Westdeutschland während der 1980er und 1990er Jahre
Wilke, Ralf A. - 2003
Diese Arbeit soll einen ersten Einblick in die Sanktionsinstrumente Sperrzeit und Säumniszeit für Leistungsempfänger … der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit geben. Die Forschung basiert auf umfangreichen Individualdatensätzen der Bundesanstalt für … Arbeit, der IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe und betrachtet den Zeitraum 1980-1997. Nach 57% aller Sanktionen im Laufe eines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297337
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Reforming Social Welfare in Germany: An Applied General Equilibrium Analysis
Schnabel, Reinhold; Gürtzgen, Nicole; Boeters, Stefan - 2003
This paper analyses the effects of a social assistance reform in Germany. In contrast to studies which are based on microsimulation methods we use a computable general equilibrium model which incorporates a discrete choice model of labour supply to simulate a variety of reform scenarios. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297343
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New Estimates of the Duration and Risk of Unemployment for West-Germany
Wilke, Ralf A. - 2004
This paper analyzes changes in the risk of unemployment and changes in the distribution of unemployment duration for the 26 to 41 years old working population in West-Germany during the 1980ties and 1990ties. The comprehensive IAB employment subsample 1975- 1997 is used for the analysis. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297349
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Eine ökonomische Einordnung der Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung im Rahmen der Aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Speckesser, Stefan - 2004
Thema dieser Arbeit ist eine ökonomische Einordnung der Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung (FbW) als Teil der … Aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland. Die Analyse erfolgt im Lichte des sektoralen Wandel, der Verschiebung der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297358
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Unemployment Durations in West-Germany Before and After the Reform of the Unemployment Compensation System During the 1980s
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wilke, Ralf A. - 2004
This paper empirically analyzes the distribution of unemployment durations in West- Germany before and after the changes during the mid 1980s in the maximum entitlement periods for unemployment benefits for elderly unemployed. The analysis is based on the comprehensive IAB employment subsample...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297359