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analysis builds on the task-based approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as implemented by Spitz-Oener (2006) for Germany … of wage inequality in Germany. …
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analysis builds on the taskbased approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as implemented by Spitz-Oener (2006) for Germany … wage inequality in Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098039
At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are …
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Based on a large data set containing information on occupations between 1979 and 1999, this study explores the ?black box? surrounding the skill?biased technological change hypothesis by analyzing the mechanisms that induce information technologies to be complementary to employees with higher...
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Small average wage effects of employer and/or occupation changes mask large differences between occupation groups and apprentices with different schooling back-grounds. Apprentices in commerce and trading occupations strongly profit from an employer change. Employer and occupation changers in...
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This paper investigates whether and in what sense the west German wage structure has been ?rigid? in the 1990s. To test the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a methodology which makes less restrictive identifying...
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This paper investigates the evolution of wages and the recent tendency to rising wage inequality in Germany, based on …. Wage inequality started to increase around 1994 in Germany for all workers and for prime age dependent male workers as well …. Rising inequality is not the result of the recent rise in self-employment. In West Germany rising inequality occurred in the …
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The paper investigates the evolution of wages and wage inequality in Germany based on samples from the German Socio … between 1984 and 1994 in West Germany and the wage distribution was fairly stable. Between 1994 and 2005 average wages … increased by 7 percent in West Germany and 18 percent in East Germany. In this period wage inequality, measured by the ratio of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297934
The paper investigates the evolution of wages and wage inequality in Germany based on samples from the German Socio … between 1984 and 1994 in West Germany and the wage distribution was fairly stable. Between 1994 and 2005 average wages … increased by 7 percent in West Germany and 18 percent in East Germany. In this period wage inequality, measured by the ratio of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298016
development and the explanations of wage mobility, as well as volatility in West Germany, measured by ranks in the wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299075