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Task returns and the gender pay gap
Storm, Eduard - 2023
Using worker-level task data, I explore if women's perceived comparative advantages in interactive tasks can contribute to a reduction in the gender pay gap. I find women receive lower returns to interactive tasks, even within occupations, despite increasing female employment shares in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014438424
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Gender Differences in Further Training Participation – The Role of Individuals, Households and Firms
Burgard, Claudia - 2012
Using the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper investigates the determinants of training participation in Germany, distinguishing between self-initiated and employer-initiated training. Self-initiated training is considered as being a decision within households rather than purely individual....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287285
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Gender Segregation and Gender Wage Differences during the Early Labour Market Career
Bechara, Peggy - 2012
Using German linked employer-employee data this paper investigates the gender wage gap at the time of entering the labour market and its development during workers' early career. The analysis contributes to the existing research on gender wage differentials among young workers by providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287351
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Gender Differences in Further Training Participation – The Role of Individuals, Households and Firms
Burgard, Claudia - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
Using the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper investigates the determinants of training participation in Germany, distinguishing between self-initiated and employer-initiated training. Self-initiated training is considered as being a decision within households rather than purely individual....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010533912
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Gender Segregation and Gender Wage Differences during the Early Labour Market Career
Bechara, Peggy - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
Using German linked employer-employee data this paper investigates the gender wage gap at the time of entering the labour market and its development during workers’ early career. The analysis contributes to the existing research on gender wage differentials among young workers by providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010558550
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You're Fired! The Causal Negative Effect of Unemployment on Life Satisfaction
Kassenböhmer, Sonja C.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2008
This paper examines the impact of unemployment on life satisfaction for Germany 1984-2006, using a sample of men and … unemployment on life satisfaction. This paper expands on previous cornerstone research from Winkelmann and Winkelmann (1998) and … explicitly identifies truly exogenous unemployment entries starting from 1991. We find that for women in East and West Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274365
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You’re Fired! The Causal Negative Effect of Unemployment on Life Satisfaction
Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2008
This paper examines the impact of unemployment on life satisfaction for Germany 1984–2006, using a sample of men and … unemployment on life satisfaction.This paper expands on previous cornerstone research from Winkelmann and Winkelmann (1998) and … explicitly identifies truly exogenous unemployment entries starting from 1991.We find that for women in East andWest Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561993
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Clash of Career and Family - Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement
Del Bono, Emilia; Weber, Andrea Maria; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2008
reduction in fertility is not due to the income loss generated by unemployment but arises because displaced workers undergo a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277081
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Late-career unemployment and cognitive abilities
Freise, Diana; Schmitz, Hendrik; Westphal, Matthias - 2022
We study the effect of unemployment on cognitive abilities among individuals aged between 50 and 65 in Europe. To this … unemployment, cognitive abilities only deteriorate marginally - the effects are insignificant both in statistical and economic … terms. We do, however, find significant effects of late-career unemployment on the likelihood to leave the labor force, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412992
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Automation, offshoring, and the role of public policies
Schmidpeter, Bernhard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2019
on the job finding rate but we find mixed effects in terms of post-unemployment wages. … Löhnen und stabileren Arbeitsverhältnissen führen kann. Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen während der Arbeitslosigkeit sind im …
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