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Wage discrimination and occupational segregation of foreign male workers in Germany
Velling, Johannes - 1995
We analyze wage discrimination against foreign male workers in Germany with respect to different nationality groups and … discrimination itself we applied a tobit estimation procedure to the wage equation and carried out the usual Blinder …/Oaxaca decomposition in the second step. We found a slight discrimination against all foreign male workers together, but considerably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299688
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Wage discrimination and occupational segregation of foreign male workers in Germany
Velling, Johannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1995
We analyze wage discrimination against foreign male workers in Germany with respect to different nationality groups and … discrimination itself we applied a tobit estimation procedure to the wage equation and carried out the usual Blinder …/Oaxaca decomposition in the second step. We found a slight discrimination against all foreign male workers together, but considerably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008567621
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The gender gap in labor market participation and employment: a cohort analysis for West Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schnabel, Reinhold; Wunderlich, Gaby - 2001
Labor market participation rates of West German females have risen during the last decades, whereas participation rates of males have declined or remained stable. Nevertheless, differences in aggregate gender specific participation rates remain. The purpose of this paper is to compare life cycle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297784
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Integrating young male refugees: Initial evidence from an inclusive soccer project
Lange, Martin; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2017
The study analyses data collected among a group of young male refugees who participated in a randomized experiment. Refugees were randomly assigned to a soccer project, which aimed at facilitating labour market integration, or to a control group. We evaluate the randomization process, we discuss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011623726
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Gender wage differences in West Germany: a cohort analysis
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - 2000
A comprehensive descriptive analysis of gender wage differences over a long time period is missing for West Germany. Using an empirical approach which takes into account explicitely changes of wage distributions for both males and females as well as life-cycle and birth cohort effects, we go...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297712
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The changing life cycle pattern in female employment: a comparison of Germany and the UK
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - 2002
It is often noted that employment rates of females have been rising during the last decades. However, in contrast to men, women are often part-time employed and the allocation of working time over the life-cycle is linked to family formation. In addition, employment rates may differ across skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297731
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The changing gender gap across the wage distribution in the UK
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - 2001
This paper contributes descriptive evidence on the development of the gender wage gap for different skill groups and full- and part-time employees in the U.K. The empirical analysis is based upon the General Household Survey from 1975 to 1995 and therefore provides evidence on an exceptionally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297793
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Earnings of Men and Women in Firms with a Female Dominated Workforce: What Drives the Impact of Sex Segregation on Wages?
Heinze, Anja - 2009
qualifications among women or discrimination against women. To investigate this issue empirically, I use matched employer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298729
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Welcome on board? Appointment dynamics of women as directors
Schoonjans, Eline; Hottenrott, Hanna; Buchwald, Achim - 2023
Increasing the participation of women in top-level corporate boards is high on the agenda of policymakers. Yet, we know little about director appointment dynamics and the drivers and impediments of women appointments. This study builds on organizational and group-level behavior theories and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014000505
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Gender wage differences in West Germany: a cohort analysis
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
A comprehensive descriptive analysis of gender wage differences over a long time period is missing for West Germany. Using an empirical approach which takes into account explicitely changes of wage distributions for both males and females as well as life-cycle and birth cohort effects, we go...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097582