This paper investigates the increase in wage inequality, the decline in collective bargaining, and the development of … wage inequality is rising strongly - driven not only by real wage increases at the top of the wage distribution, but also … contribute strongly to the rise in wage inequality. Among these, the firm coefficients effect dominates, which is almost …

literature, we find a noticeable increase of wage inequality between 1999 and 2006. The decomposition results show that the … changes in personal characteristics explain some of the increase in wage inequality whereas the changes in task assignments … strongly work towards reducing wage inequality. The coefficient effect for personal characteristics works towards an increase …

This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz … (1995) to separate age, time, and cohort effects. Between 1979 and 2004, wage inequality increased strongly in both the U … of trends in wage inequality differ strongly enough that technology effects alone cannot explain the empirical findings. …

occupational mobility. We use longitudinal data for young workers with apprenticeship training in West Germany. Workers make … higher wage paths through mobility. We furthermore investigate whether patterns have changed across cohorts during the period …, the gap is highest and it increases with experience. Third, occupational mobility is lower for women than for men and the …