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The 2011 Break in the Part-Time Indicator and the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2019
break. Using the correction, the paper confirms that the rise in wage inequality among full-time workers in West Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864134
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Rising Wage Inequality in Germany : Increasing Heterogeneity and Changing Selection into Full-Time Work
Biewen, Martin - 2017
This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables …, composition changes explain a large part of the increase in wage inequality among full-time workers. The composition effects are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943872
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Should Low-Wage Workers Care About Where They Work? Assessing the Impact of Employer Characteristics on Low-Wage Mobility
Guertzgen, Nicole - 2010
This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the initial conditions problem and the endogeneity of employer retention, we model (intra-firm) low-pay transitions using a multivariate Probit model that accounts for selection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138980
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Decreasing Wage Mobility in Germany
Gernandt, Johannes - 2009
distribution. Individual wage mobility decreased between 1984/1987 and 2004/2007, while inequality increased steadily from the mid … development and the explanations of wage mobility, as well as volatility in West Germany, measured by ranks in the wage … 1990s onwards. Mobility is highest in the middle section of the distribution. Better qualified persons, younger persons and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202263
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Can a Task-Based Approach Explain the Recent Changes in the German Wage Structure?
Antonczyk, Dirk - 2009
literature, we find a noticeable increase of wage inequality between 1999 and 2006. The decomposition results show that the … changes in personal characteristics explain some of the increase in wage inequality whereas the changes in task assignments … strongly work towards reducing wage inequality. The coeficient effect for personal characteristics works towards an increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012763955
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What Explains the Decline in Wage Mobility in the German Low-Wage Sector?
Aretz, Bodo - 2012
In this paper, we study how wage mobility in the low-wage sector has changed in western Germany between 1984 and 2004 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103828
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Firm Heterogeneity and Wages under Different Bargaining Regimes : Does a Centralised Union Care for Low-Productivity Firms?
Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2009
This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under different wage setting structures. To derive testable hypotheses, we set up a theoretical model that analyses the sensitivity of wages to the variability in productivity conditions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718004
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Wage and Productivity Effect of Continuing Training in Germany : A Sectoral Analysis
Kuckulenz, Anja - 2008
Wage and productivity effects of training are compared to study how the training rent is shared between employers and employees. With panel data from 1996-2002, I analyse the impact of continuing training on wages and productivity in a Cobb-Douglas production framework. Using system GMM...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012727101
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Age-Dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - 2008
multiplier and the shaping role early childhood has for human capital formation, growth and inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014052084
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Extreme Weather and Risk Preference : Panel Evidence from Germany
Osberghaus, Daniel - 2016
Individual risk preference may change after experiencing external socio-economic or natural shocks. Theoretical predictions and empirical studies suggest that risk taking may increase or decrease after experiencing shocks. So far the empirical evidence is sparse, especially when it comes to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993572