A comprehensive descriptive analysis of gender wage differences over a long time period is missing for West Germany … well as life-cycle and birth cohort effects, we go beyond conventional decomposition techniques of the average gender wage … gap. The paper provides some stylized facts of the level and dynamics of the gender wage gap from 1975 - 1995. The …

This paper contributes descriptive evidence on the development of the gender wage gap for different skill groups and …

which can only be approximated using just the IAB employment sample. Our IV fixed effects estimation results suggest that …

A comprehensive descriptive analysis of gender wage differences over a long time period is missing for West Germany … well as life-cycle and birth cohort effects, we go beyond conventional decomposition techniques of the average gender wage … gap. The paper provides some stylized facts of the level and dynamics of the gender wage gap from 1975 - 1995. The …

This paper contributes descriptive evidence on the development of the gender wage gap for different skill groups and …

estimation. …

private than in the public sector. Our test results show that, contrary to the public sector, there are no gender differences … in the valuation of human capital in the private sector. This supports the hypothesis that the transition towards a …

This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and … persistent gender wage gap over experience, the gap has decreased over time. Second, in the lower part of the wage distribution … distribution. We conclude that occupational mobility has reduced the gender wage gap, but lock{in effects are still stronger for …

of the wage structure. We find that labor market transition rates vary substantially over the business cycle and with …