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The performance of immigrants in the German labor market
Beyer, Robert - 2016
This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613463
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The aggregate effects of the Hartz reforms in Germany
Hertweck, Matthias S.; Sigrist, Oliver - 2012
This paper quantifies the impact of the Hartz reforms on matching efficiency, using monthly SOEP gross worker flows (1983-2009). We show that, until the early 2000s, close to 60% of changes in the unemployment rate are due to changes in the inflow rate (job separation). On the contrary, since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290957
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The Aggregate Effects of the Hartz Reforms in Germany
Hertweck, Matthias S.; Sigrist, Oliver - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
This paper quantifies the impact of the Hartz reforms on matching efficiency, using monthly SOEP gross worker flows (1983-2009). We show that, until the early 2000s, close to 60% of changes in the unemployment rate are due to changes in the inflow rate (job separation). On the contrary, since...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787015
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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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International Trade and Individual Labour Market Perspectives: A Micro-Level Analysis of German Manufacturing Workers
Lurweg, Maren; Uhde, Nicole - 2010
This paper studies the impact of international trade on individual labour market outcomes in the German manufacturing sector for the period 1995-2006. Combining micro-level data from the German Socioeconomic Panel and industry-level trade data from input-output tables, we examine the impacts on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600939
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Effectiveness of social capital in the job search process
Koßmann, Ralf Werner - 2016
search process in terms of post-hire outcomes, such as wages or job satisfaction. Whereas early research, mainly focussing on … could be explained by differences in the effectiveness of other search channels, e.g. public institutions. Therefore, this … German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), it is analysed whether wages, job satisfaction, and fluctuation are affected by the job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454475
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013546660
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International Trade and Individual Labour Market Perspectives: A Micro-Level Analysis of German Manufacturing Workers
Lurweg, Maren; Uhde, Nicole - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
This paper studies the impact of international trade on individual labour market outcomes in the German manufacturing sector for the period 1995-2006. Combining micro-level data from the German Socioeconomic Panel and industry-level trade data from input-output tables, we examine the impacts on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522630
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Job levels and wages
Bayer, Christian; Kuhn, Moritz - 2023
Job levels summarize the complexity, autonomy, and responsibility of task execution. Conceptually, job levels are related to the organization of production, are distinct from occupations, and can be constructed from data on task execution. We highlight their empirical role in matched...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014305288
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Offshoring and labor income risk: An empirical investigation
Hogrefe, Jan; Yao, Yao - 2012
This paper analyses how increased offshoring impacts on labor income risk. It is therefore distinct from a large number of studies explaining the level effects of globalization on the labor market in that it takes a look at effects on the variability of incomes. It provides an assessment that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290729