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Mobility across firms and occupations among graduates from apprenticeship
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie; Zwiener, Hanna - 2015
Distinguishing carefully between mobility across firms and across occupations, this study provides causal estimates of the wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany. Our instrumental variables approach exploits variation in regional labor market characteristics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010512959
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Mobility across firms and occupations among graduates from apprenticeship
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie; Zwiener, Hanna - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015
Distinguishing carefully between mobility across firms and across occupations, this study provides causal estimates of the wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany. Our instrumental variables approach exploits variation in regional labor market characteristics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269119
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IT, Organizational Change and Wages
Spitz, Alexandra; Bertschek, Irene - 2003
In this paper we analyze the impact of information technology and organizational changes on wages using individual … level data for 1998/1999. The average impact of IT use on wages turns out to be five to six percent, however, the effects … organizational changes in form of higher wages. Outsourcing additionally requires a high qualification of employees in order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297336
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Using Methods of Treatment Evaluation to Estimate the Wage Effect of IT Usage
Spitz, Alexandra - 2004
In this study, I analyze the relationship between IT use and wages in West Germany in 1998/99. I use two estimation … changes in workplaces that have occurred in recent decades, IT users would be worse off in terms of wages had they not started …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297391
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Wage Convergence and Inequality after Unification: (East) Germany in Transition
Gernandt, Johannes; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2008
. Wages of migrants to West Germany equal the ones of their West German statistical twins. We conclude that labor markets in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298032
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Polarization and rising wage inequality: comparing the U.S. and Germany
Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010
This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz (1995) to separate age, time, and cohort effects. Between 1979 and 2004, wage inequality increased strongly in both the U.S. and Germany but there were various country specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300009
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How selective are real wage cuts? A micro-analysis using linked employer-employee data
Hirsch, Boris; Zwick, Thomas - 2013
Using linked employer-employee panel data for Germany, this paper investigates whether firms implement real wage reductions in a selective manner. In line with insider-outsider and several strands of efficiency wage theory, we find strong evidence for selective wage cuts with high-productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327234
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How selective are real wage cuts? A micro-analysis using linked employer-employee data
Hirsch, Boris; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Using linked employer-employee panel data for Germany, this paper investigates whether firms implement real wage reductions in a selective manner. In line with insider-outsider and several strands of efficiency wage theory, we find strong evidence for selective wage cuts with high-productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957723
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Polarization and rising wage inequality: comparing the U.S. and Germany
Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas; Fitzenberger, Bernd - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz (1995) to separate age, time, and cohort effects. Between 1979 and 2004, wage inequality increased strongly in both the U.S. and Germany but there were various country specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536041
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Using Methods of Treatment Evaluation to Estimate the Wage Effect of IT Usage
Spitz, Alexandra - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004
In this study, I analyze the relationship between IT use and wages in West Germany in 1998/99. I use two estimation … changes in workplaces that have occurred in recent decades, IT users would be worse off in terms of wages had they not started …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097533