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Physical activity of adults : a survey of correlates, determinants, and effects
Cabane, Charlotte; Lechner, Michael - 2014 - This version: October 2014
We survey the literature on the link of labour market related outcomes to individ-ual physical activity and sports participation. The first part of the survey is devoted to the individual participation decision and is based on papers from various disciplines. The sec-ond part summarises parts of...
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Employment effects of the provision of specific professional skills and techniques in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor);  … - 2005
professional skills and techniques (SPST). Using the inflows into unemployment for the year 1993, the empirical analysis uses local … linear matching based on the estimated propensity score to estimate the average treatment effect on the treated of SPST … programs starting during 1 to 6, 7 to 12, and 13 to 24 months of unemployment. The empirical results show a negative lock …
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Regionenmatching im Rahmen der Evaluation der Experimentierungsklausel des § 6c SGB II : methodische Vorgehensweise und Ergebnisse
Arntz, Melanie (contributor); Wilke, Ralf A. (contributor);  … - 2006
Wir führen ein Regionenmatching durch, welches für alle Kreise in Deutschland die nächsten Nachbarn bestimmt, die ähnliche regionale Rahmenbedingungen für die Länge individueller Arbeitslosigkeitsphasen der SGB II Zielgruppe aufweisen. Die Analysen basieren auf umfangreichen...
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Employment of mothers after childbirth : French-German comparison
Lauer, Charlotte; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2003
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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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...
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Polarization and rising wage inequality : comparing the U.S. and Germany
Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010
This paper compares trends in wage inequality in the U.S. and Germany using an approach developed by MaCurdy and Mroz (1995) to separate age, time, and cohort effects. Between 1979 and 2004, wage inequality increased strongly in both the U.S. and Germany but there were various country specific...
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Mobility across firms and occupations among graduates from apprenticeship
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie; Zwiener, Hanna - 2015
Distinguishing carefully between mobility across firms and across occupations, this study provides causal estimates of the wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany. Our instrumental variables approach exploits variation in regional labor market characteristics....
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How selective are real wage cuts? : a micro-analysis using linked employer-employee data
Hirsch, Boris; Zwick, Thomas - 2013
Using linked employer–employee panel data for Germany, this paper investigates whether firms implement real wage reductions in a selective manner. In line with insider–outsider and several strands of efficiency wage theory, we find strong evidence for selective wage cuts with...
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Are there long-term earnings scars from youth unemployment in Germany?
Möller, Joachim; Umkehrer, Matthias - 2014
We analyze the relationship between early-career unemployment and prime-age earnings with German administrative linked … followed over 24 years. On average, early-career unemployment has substantial negative effects on earnings accumulated later in … distribution. Workers with a high earnings potential are able to offset adverse consequences of early-career unemployment to a …
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Tarifbindung und die ökonomische Rationalität von Lohnrigiditäten
Franz, Wolfgang; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2001
This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...
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