Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 843
Cover Image
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/10010299075
Cover Image
Decreasing wage mobility in Germany
Gernandt, Johannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 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/10008533544
Cover Image
Should low-wage workers care about where they work? Assessing the impact of employer characteristics on low-wage mobility
Guertzgen, Nicole; Heinze, Anja - 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/10010301688
Cover Image
All Quiet on the Wage Front? Gender, Public-Private Sector Issues, and Rigidities in the Polish Wage Structure
Puhani, Patrick A. - 1997
Survey. It is shown that within this period wage inequality has stabilised. Surprisingly, wage inequality is lower in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297549
Cover Image
Do Computers Call for Training? Firm-level Evidence on Complementarities Between ICT and Human Capital Investments
Hempell, Thomas - 2003
This paper explores whether investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and firm?sponsored training programmes are complementary. Three approaches are applied to panel data from German service companies for the time period 1994?98. Results for a system of interrelated factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297271
Cover Image
Earnings Losses After Non-employment Increase With Age
Zwick, Thomas - 2008
This paper shows that earnings losses after unemployment increase with age. First, older employees start out with relatively high earnings in comparison to employees without employment interruptions several years before the non-employment spell. This earnings advantage turns into a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298052
Cover Image
Wage Penalties for Career Interruptions: An Empirical Analysis for West Germany
Beblo, Miriam; Wolf, Elke - 2002
This paper examines the wage effects of different types of career interruptions. We consider the timing and duration of non-employment spells by exploiting an administrative data set of German social security accounts (IAB employment sample) supplemented with information on the employees? entire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297956
Cover Image
Can a Task-Based Approach Explain the Recent Changes in the German Wage Structure?
Antonczyk, Dirk; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Leuschner, Ute - 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 coefficient effect for personal characteristics works towards an increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298714
Cover Image
Rent-sharing : Does the Bargaining Regime Make a Difference? Theory and Empirical Evidence
Gürtzgen, Nicole - 2005
This paper analyses whether wages in Germany respond to firm-specific profitability conditions. Particular emphasis lies on the question of whether the extent of rent-sharing varies across different systems of wage determination. Those may be categorised into sector-specific wage agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297424
Cover Image
Do Computers Call for Training? Firm-level Evidence on Complementarities Between ICT and Human Capital Investments
Hempell, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
This paper explores whether investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and firm?sponsored training programmes are complementary. Three approaches are applied to panel data from German service companies for the time period 1994?98. Results for a system of interrelated factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097535