Discontinuities in the employment profile are supposed to cause wage cuts since they imply an interruption in the …-time employment spells. Estimation results for German women suggest that deviations from full-time employment are associated with …

years in employment. The comparison with the wage structure in the Netherlands, which exhibits much smaller wage …, especially the more experienced ones, in taking a part-time employment. …

It is often noted that employment rates of females have been rising during the last decades. However, in contrast to … formation. In addition, employment rates may differ across skill groups and countries due to differences in incentives to work …-time and part-time employment of different skill groups of women in the UK and West Germany. The analysis is based on large …

relatively high earnings in comparison to employees without employment interruptions several years before the non-employment … spell. This earnings advantage turns into a strong earnings disadvantage shortly before the non-employment spell. Younger … unemployed have a relatively stable and small earnings disadvantage before non-employment. Second, while the younger employees …

We estimate the effects of hiring subsidies for older workers on transitions from unemployment to employment in Germany …. Consistent support for an employment effect of hiring subsidies can only be found for women in East Germany. Concerning other …

employment status for older workers, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). In line with previous …, the estimated impact of computer use on the change in employment status of older workers becomes insignificant when …