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Can a Task-Based Approach Explain the Recent Changes in the German Wage Structure?
Antonczyk, Dirk; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Leuschner, Ute - 2009
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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297391
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Is there a wage premium or wage discount for flexible hours?
Beblo, Miriam; Heinze, Anja; Wolf, Elke - 2004
With flexible work time arrangements firms can quickly adjust to demand fluctuations, while employees may benefit from more time sovereignty. Depending on the specific type of arrangement the accompanying wage effects are ambiguous and have rarely been analyzed. According to the theory of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298785
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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 ….S. and Germany but there were various country specific aspects of this increase. For the U.S., we find faster wage growth … Germany. Moreover, we see a large role played by cohort effects in Germany, while we find only small cohort effects in the U …
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Mobility across firms and occupations among graduates from apprenticeship
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie; Zwiener, Hanna - 2015
the wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany. Our instrumental variables approach exploits …
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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
the wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany. Our instrumental variables approach exploits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269119
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Decreasing wage mobility in Germany
Gernandt, Johannes - 2009
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
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The Effect of Early Noncognitive Skills on Social Outcomes in Adolescence
Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred - 2008
epidemiological cohort study of 384 children at risk from the Rhine-Neckar Region in Germany. Our results indicate that noncognitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298697
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Female labor force participation and the big five
Wichert, Laura; Pohlmeier, Winfried - 2010
This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits and female labor force participation. While research on the role of cognitive skills for individual labor market success has a long tradition in economics, comparatively little is known about the channels through which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299928
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Maintaining (locus of) control? Assessing the impact of locus of control on education decisions and wages
Piatek, Rémi; Pinger, Pia R. - 2010
This paper establishes that individuals with an internal locus of control, i.e., who believe that reinforcement in life comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, earn higher wages. However, this positive effect only translates into labor income via the channel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302997