Using data on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS, Australian HILDA) we investigate a) the selectivity of item non-response (INR) and b) the impact of imputation as a prominent post-survey means to cope with this type of measurement...

The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature. Positive health effects as well as networking mechanisms serve as explanations for the alcohol-income puzzle. Using individual-based microdata from the GSOEP for 2006, we...

Using data on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS, Australian HILDA) we investigate a) the selectivity of item non-response (INR) and b) the impact of imputation as a prominent post-survey means to cope with this type of measurement...

Als letzter Redner im Sommersemester 2003 referierte Prof. Dr. Wernhard Möschel, Universität Tübingen, am 7. Juli im »Münchner Seminar« am ifo Institut zum Thema Tarifautonomie und Lohnfindung. Insbesondere zeigte er Möglichkeiten auf, im gegebenen rechtlichen Rahmen dem...

Als letzter Redner im Sommersemester 2003 referierte Prof. Dr. Wernhard Möschel, Universität Tübingen, am 7. Juli im »Münchner Seminar« am ifo Institut zum Thema Tarifautonomie und Lohnfindung. Insbesondere zeigte er Möglichkeiten auf, im gegebenen rechtlichen Rahmen dem...

Despite the booming German labor market, wage inequality is still a relevant issue. In the present study, the authors report on the changes in wages and their distribution between 1992 and 2016. In addition to real contractual gross hourly wages, we closely examined gross monthly and annual...