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Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Stephani, Jens - 2013

We investigate whether non-cognitive skills - in particular Locus of Control - are important determinants of the labour market processes at the low-wage margin. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and investigate...

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The impact of minimum wages on well-being : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Germany

Gülal, Filiz; Ayaita, Adam - 2018

To analyze well-being effects of minimum wages, the introduction of a minimum wage in Germany in 2015 is used as a … (East Germany). The results hold if those who are not employed anymore after the reform are included in the analysis. …

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Wage convergence and inequality after unification : (East) Germany in transition

Gernandt, Johannes; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2008

Germany, who lived in East Germany in 1989, with groups of West German statistical twin workers, all taken from the Socio …. Wages of migrants to West Germany equal the ones of their West German statistical twins. We conclude that labor markets in … East and West Germany are still characterized by wage differences but that the degree of inequality in both regions …

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Policy, institutional factors and earnings mobility

Sologon, Denisa Maria; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2009

This paper uses ECHP and OECD data for 14 EU countries to explore the role of labour market factors in explaining cross-national differences in the dynamic structure of earnings: in permanent inequality, transitory inequality and earnings mobility. Based on ECHP, minimum distance estimator is...

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Earnings dynamics and inequality in EU, 1994-2001

Sologon, Denisa Maria; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2009

This paper uses ECHP for 14 EU countries to explore the dynamic structure of individual earnings and the extent to which changes in cross-sectional earnings inequality reflect transitory or permanent components of individual lifecycle earnings variation. Increases in inequality reflect increases...

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Increased opportunity to move up the economic ladder? : earnings mobility in EU ; 1994-2001

Sologon, Denisa Maria; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2009

countries. The lowest long-term mobility is found in Luxembourg followed by four clusters: first, Spain, France and Germany …

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Equalizing or disequalizing lifetime earnings differentials? : earnings mobility in the EU ; 1994-2001

Sologon, Denisa Maria; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2009

, Germany, and the lowest, Portugal. The highest mobility as equalizer of longer term inequality is recorded in Ireland and … Denmark, followed by France and Belgium with similar values, then UK, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Italy. …

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The dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Germany : state dependence before and after the "Hartz reforms"

Königs, Sebastian - 2014

In this article, we study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the … rates are much higher in Eastern Germany than in Western Germany, absolute levels of structural state dependence however are …

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Reference-dependent effects of unemployment on mental well-being

Grunow, Martina - 2014

This paper provides an empirical analysis of reference-dependent effects of unemployment on mental well-being. We show that the negative effect of unemployment on mental well-being depends on expectations about the future employment status. Several contributions to the literature have shown that...

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Is a temporary job better than unemployment? : a cross-country comparison based on Britsh, German, and Swiss panel data

Gebel, Michael - 2013

job increases the employment chances during the subsequent five years in (West and East) Germany and the UK. Moreover, the … years of the career. Advantages of taking up a temporary job are slightly stronger in West Germany compared to East Germany …

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