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survey data with retrospective information on parental employment, we study the causal effect of increased Chinese import … shock, children of more exposed fathers have lower education and earnings, lower chances of formal jobs, and are more likely …, indicating that the shock had a negative impact on intergenerational mobility. …
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In this study we use import penetration as a proxy for foreign competition in order to empirically analyze (1) the …) whether the impact of import penetration is driven by implied efficiency effects. We use data from the manufacturing industry … that the impact of import penetration is not biased by efficiency effects. …
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Soest (1995), the labor supply decision is based on a household utility function which is determined by the leisure of the … two spouses and net household income. Furthermore, heterogeneity of preferences and the German tax and benefit system are …
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This paper compares the work attachment of French and German women after childbirth. Both fertility and employment of mothers are higher in France than in Germany. Since the sample of mothers deciding on employment after a child is born might not be representative for all women, we take account...
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families' labour supply and intra-household consumption behaviour. We use simulated real world microdata created by means of a … 'deterministic' collective labour supply model. The data are generated by a compound procedure of estimation and calibration based on …
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We analyze the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in the West German economy, in particular its relation to the relatively rigid earnings structure. We find that the substitution elasticity between unskilled and skilled labor is rather low in most sectors of the economy....
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We study how trade liberalization affects formal employment across gender. We propose a theoretical mechanism to …
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At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled- biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....
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support for a dynamic estimation setup and derive statements regarding the homogeneity assumption with respect to the three …
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This paper investigates the relationship between kindergarten attendance and secondary school track choice in West-Germany. Our analysis is based on a panel of 12 to 14-year olds with information from age two on, drawn from the German SocioEconomic Panel (GSOEP) 1984?2005. We estimate binary...
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