This article provides a comparative analysis of the development of the gender wage gap in West Germany and Sweden … traditions penetrate institutional settings and ensnare Germany in a cultural trap with regard to gender equality. While Sweden … concerns (e.g., marriage and motherhood) decrease female income in Germany to a far greater extent than do such factors in …

Germany is one of the several countries in Europe that have opened its borders to immigrants for many years. The … admission of immigrants into Germany has contributed to the country being the second largest immigration destination in the … immigration on natives' hourly wages and employment was examined, by using microdata for Germany. Native workers' educational …

Sweden and Germany, prototypical socialdemocratic and conservative welfare states, respectively, and compare them against the …

Germany, Italy, the UK, Denmark, the US, and Taiwan. We divide household including elderly into five types: living alone …

micro data on individual incomes for Germany and the US. …

particular transfer on poverty. The countries included in this study are Canada, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the …

Germany has lower posttax income inequality than the United States and hence is doing better according to a strict … egalitarian fairness ideal. On the other hand, the United States is doing better than Germany according to a libertarian fairness … Germany for all levels of responsibility sensitivity. If we, however, demand compensation for the residual, Germany is fairer …

This paper is on measuring the gap in returns to education between foreign-born and native workers in France, Germany …