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The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labor market integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990. Using German micro data, we empirically analyze how...
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increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies … on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account household size. Therefore, there is an obvious link between these …
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Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl und Thilo Schaefer, Universität zu Köln, sowie Joachim Mitschke stellen in diesem Beitrag das von ihnen entwickelte Kombilohnmodell, den »Kölner-Kombilohn«, vor und berechnen Beschäftigungs- sowie Aufkommenswirkungen ihres Vorschlags, bei dem gering entlohnte,...
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the US, separately by gender and marital status. Measurement differences are netted out by using a harmonized empirical … regions, consistent with complementarity in spouses' leisure in the US versus substitution in spouses' household production in …
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This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self … employment in non-leadership, non-high-level managerial positions, unemployment, and non-labour market participation. Our results … who specialized in household production, with no market work. Only women who were unemployed reported lower levels of life …
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This paper focuses on gender differences in the role played by locus of control within a model that predicts outcomes …. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the extent to which gender differences occur in the … development of one particular aspect of personality, that is, locus of control. Overall gender differences were more pronounced in …
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This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self … employment in nonleadership, non-high-level managerial positions, unemployment, and non-labour market participation. Our results … who specialized in household production, with no market work. Only women who were unemployed reported lower levels of life …
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on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the extent to which gender differences occur in the … development of one particular aspect of personality, locus of control. Gender differences were more pronounced in the results for … gender differences. We conclude by arguing that an explicitly value-laden analysis of the rewards associated with personality …
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Using a unique dataset of German members of parliament with information on total earnings including outside income, this paper analyzes the politicians' wage gap (PWG). After controlling for observable characteristics as well as accounting for selection into politics, we find a positive PWG...
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