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The paper concentrates on the question whether the low level of productivity in East Germany can be explained by … capital endowments; in fact, the effective stock on human capital in East Germany is lower than in West Germany when … younger cohorts. This impedes a fast convergence in productivity between East and West Germany. …
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with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. -- Marginal employment ; social …
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Using data from the 2006 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes how a minimum wage affects employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and aggregate income in the low-wage sector. It is shown that a statutory minimum wage of EUR 7.50 per hour would cost...
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We use data from the adult cohort of the National Education Panel Study to analyse the changes in the employment histories of cohorts born after World War II and the role of atypical employment in this context. Younger cohorts are characterised by acquiring more education, by entering into...
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conditional and unconditional distribution of earnings. For Eastern Germany, the results indicate significant real (nominal) wage …
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, as well as accessions and separations and their underlying worker flows. The fact that minimum wages in Germany are … the minimum wage reduced worker flows in East Germany, the between approach yields positive effect on labour market … dynamics in West Germany. Our results can be explained by differences between East and West Germany with respect to the bite of …
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