Der Beitrag schildert die Effekte partieller Antwortverweigerung auf die Ergebnisse multivariater statistischer Analysen anhand von Produktivitätsschätzungen auf Betriebsdatenebene. Als Datenbasis dient das IAB-Betriebspanel aus dem Jahr 2000, wobei fehlende Daten mit Hilfe des "Data...

In multivariate datasets missing values due to item nonresponse may occur on any or all variables. Since nonrespondents often differ systematically from respondents deletion of incomplete cases would lead to substantial bias as far as inference is intended to the population of all cases rather...

This paper estimates the effects of several German labor market programs – starting in March 2003 – on the employment outcomes of participants using propensity score matching. The main objective is to analyze how estimated average treatment effects vary with the choice of the classification...

The existence and development of internal labor markets has a strong impact on the structure of wages and employment. The paper discusses three important aspects of internal labor markets. Firstly, segregation due to qualification has been growing between establishments during the last years,...

Collective wage contracts impose restrictions on wage-setting. We utilize German linked employer-employee data for blue-collar worker to compute the dispersion of wages and wage components within and across firms under three different wage-setting regimes: Establishments applying industry-wide...