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The effects of school entry laws on educational attainment and starting wages in an early tracking system
Zweimüller, Martina - 2013
Empirical evidence suggests that relative age, which is determined by date of birth and the school entry cutoff date … analyze whether the initial assignment to different school tracks has persistent effects on educational attainment and … earnings in the first years of the career. I estimate the reduced-form effect of the school entry law on starting wages and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345863
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Immigrant concentration in schools : consequences for native and migrant students
Schneeweis, Nicole - 2013
school-grades with a higher share of migrant students, while natives are not affected on average. These negative spill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345866
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Tightening the purse strings : the effect of stricter DI eligibility criteria on labor supply
Staubli, Stefan - 2009
This paper explores the labor supply effects of a large-scale policy change in the Austrian disability insurance program, which tightened eligibility criteria for men above a certain age. Using administrative data on the universe of Austrian private-sector employees, the results of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343911
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To shape the future : how labor market entry conditions affect individuals s long-run wage profiles
Brunner, Beartice; Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
We study the long-run effects of initial labor market conditions on wages for a large sample of male individuals entering the Austrian labor market between 1978 and 2000. We find a robust negative effect of unfavorable entry conditions on starting wages. This initial effect turns out to be quite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343912
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Female hires and the success of start-up firms
Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - 2009
In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343913
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Employer provided training in Austria : productivity, wages and wage inequality
Böheim, René; Schneeweis, Nicole; Wakolbinger, Florian - 2009
We use data on Austrian firms and employees to estimate the effects of employer-provided training on productivity, wages, and the inequality of wages within firms. While the average amount spent on employer-provided training is low in general, we find a robust positive elasticity of training on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343914
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Competition and gender prejudice : are discriminatory employers doomed to fail?
Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - 2009
longitudinal matched employer-employee data set from Austria. Our results show that firms with strong preferences for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343915
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Early tracking and the misfortune of being young
Schneeweis, Nicole; Zweimüller, Martina - 2009
In the Austrian (as well as the German) education system students have to choose between different school tracks at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343919
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Assortative mating and divorce : evidence from Austrian register data
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2009
, ethnicity, religion and education are not responsible for the increasing marital instability in Austria. Quite the contrary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343921
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Demand for redistribution, support for the welfare state, and party identification in Austria
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
This paper describes subjective wage inequality and the demand for redistribution in Austria using individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343922