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Task-Biased Changes of Employment and Remuneration: The Case of Occupations
Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - 2011
Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise into "good" and "bad" jobs. We provide updated evidence that polarisation also occurred in Germany since the mid-1980s until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601006
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The feminization of occupations and change in wages: A panel analysis of Britain, Germany and Switzerland
Murphy, Emily; Oesch, Daniel - 2015
examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied by a decline in wages: Do workers suffer a wage penalty if they … Switzerland and three percent in Germany. The impact of occupational feminization on wages is not linear, but sets apart …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010475155
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The Feminization of Occupations and Change in Wages: A Panel Analysis of Britain, Germany and Switzerland
Murphy, Emily; Oesch, Daniel - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2015
examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied by a decline in wages: Do workers suffer a wage penalty if they … Switzerland and three percent in Germany. The impact of occupational feminization on wages is not linear, but sets apart …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185789
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Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages
Piatek, Rémi; Pinger, Pia - 2010
comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, earn higher wages. However, this positive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600980
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A Detailed Decomposition of Changes in Wage Inequality in Reunified Post-transition Germany 1999-2006: Accounting for Sample Selection
Al-Farhan, Usamah Fayez - 2010
In this article, I analyze the changes in wage inequality in the eastern region, western region and reunified Germany a decade after reunification. For that purpose, I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1999 - 2006, and implement the decomposition methodologies of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600912
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Changes in the Gender Wage Gap in Germany during a Period of Rising Wage Inequality 1999-2006: Was it Discrimination in the Returns to Human Capital?
Al-Farhan, Usamah Fayez - 2010
In this article I analyze the changes in the gender wage gap in the western region, eastern region and in reunified Germany during the period 1999 - 2006. I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and implement two alternative decomposition methodologies; the Juhn, Murphy and Pierce (1991)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600935
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Has atypical work become typical in Germany? Country case studies on labour market segmentation
Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena - 2013
This paper gives an overview of the transformation of the German labor market since the mid-1990s with a special focus on the changing patterns of labor market segmentation or dualization of employment in Germany. While labor market duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322837
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Educational Expansion and Its Heterogeneous Returns for Wage Workers
Gebel, Michael; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2007
This paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades. During this period, graduates from the period of educational expansion entered the labour market and an upgrading of the skill structure took place. In order to tackle the issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600659
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Rising Wage Inequality in Germany
Gernandt, Johannes; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2007
wages and wage inequality in Germany. Between 1984 and 1994 wages for prime age dependent male workers increased on average … by 23 percent and the wage distribution in West Germany was fairly stable. Between 1994 and 2004 average wages rose by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600660
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Minimum wage in Germany: Countering the wage and employment gap between migrants and natives?
Ingwersen, Kai; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2022
This paper investigates the effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the wages and … evidence to evaluate the impact of the minimum wage introduction in 2015 on hourly wages, monthly salaries, working hours and … among migrants. The introduction of the minimum wage caused a temporary convergence in hourly wages between migrants and …
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