jobs are investigated, using a panel sample (1991-2005) of UK employees from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). A …

There are few studies on occupational choices in Germany, and the second generation occupational choice and mobility is … like Germany occupations also reflect a general socio-economic standing. This paper looks at the patterns of employment in … Germany, analyzes how individual men and women access jobs given their family background, and investigates why men and women …

differences between regulated occupations and unregulated occupations in East Germany to the corresponding differences in West … Germany after reunification. Consistent with our expectations, we find that entry regulation reduces entry into self …-employment and occupational mobility after reunification more in regulated occupations in East Germany than in West Germany. Our …

the probability of children's entrepreneurship by about 60%. We further show that for adoptees, both biological and … these two effects for adopted children is almost identical to the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship for own …-birth children. We explore several candidate explanations for this important post-birth effect and present suggestive evidence in …

occupational mobility. We use longitudinal data for young workers with apprenticeship training in West Germany. Workers make …

This paper studies occupational mobility of ethnic German migrants who have entered Germany since 1984. The empirical …

This paper examines whether children are better off if their parents have stronger social networks. Using data on high …-school friendships of parents, we analyze whether the number and characteristics of friends affect the labor-market outcomes of children …. While parental friendships formed in high school appear long lasting, we find no significant impact on their children …