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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003224334
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297731
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The gender gap in labor market participation and employment: a cohort analysis for West Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schnabel, Reinhold; Wunderlich, Gaby - 2001
Labor market participation rates of West German females have risen during the last decades, whereas participation rates of males have declined or remained stable. Nevertheless, differences in aggregate gender specific participation rates remain. The purpose of this paper is to compare life cycle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297784
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447839
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The Changing Life Cycle Pattern in Female Employment : A Comparison of Germany and the UK
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075565
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The changing life cycle pattern in female employment: a comparison of Germany and the UK
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Wunderlich, Gaby - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098127
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The gender gap in labor market participation and employment: a cohort analysis for West Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schnabel, Reinhold; Wunderlich, Gaby - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2001
Labor market participation rates of West German females have risen during the last decades, whereas participation rates of males have declined or remained stable. Nevertheless, differences in aggregate gender specific participation rates remain. The purpose of this paper is to compare life cycle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098416
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Polarization and rising wage inequality: comparing the U.S. and Germany
Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas; 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300009
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Polarization and rising wage inequality: Comparing the U.S. and Germany
Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas; Fitzenberger, Bernd - In: Econometrics 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-33
Since the late 1970s, wage inequality has increased strongly both in the U.S. and Germany but the trends have been different. Wage inequality increased along the entire wage distribution during the 1980s in the U.S. and since the mid 1990s in Germany. There is evidence for wage polarization in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995221
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Polarization and rising wage inequality: Comparing the U.S. and Germany
Antonczyk, Dirk; DeLeire, Thomas; 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269884