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Cohort Changes in Educational Pathways and Returns to Education
Zimmermann, Markus; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke - 2016
This paper analyzes educational pathways of West German birth cohorts 1957 to 1986. We use a new data set including survey data with detailed information on educational biographies linked to administrative social security records. We find a strong expansion of higher secondary school degrees...
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Different counselors, many options : career guidance and career plans in secondary schools
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Hillerich-Sigg, Annette; … - 2019
Career guidance assists students with the school-to-work transition. Based on a survey in secondary schools in Germany, we analyze career guidance activities and how these affect career plans. The take-up of career guidance depends upon the school track attended and upon the school and class...
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Mobility across firms and occupations among graduates from apprenticeship
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie; Zwiener, Hanna - 2015
variation in regional labor market characteristics. Pure firm changes and occupation-and-job changes after graduation from … apprenticeship result in average wage losses, whereas an occupation change within the training firm results in persistent wage gains …. For the majority of cases a change of occupation involves a career progression. In contrast, for job switches the wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510683
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Mobility across firms and occupations among graduates from apprenticeship
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie; Zwiener, Hanna - 2015
variation in regional labor market characteristics. Pure firm changes and occupation-and-job changes after graduation from … apprenticeship result in average wage losses, whereas an occupation change within the training firm results in persistent wage gains …. For the majority of cases a change of occupation involves a career progression. In contrast, for job switches the wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513366
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Can a task-based approach explain the recent changes in the German wage structure?
Antonczyk, Dirk; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2009
This paper investigates the changes in the German wage structure for full-time working males from 1999 to 2006. Our analysis builds on the task-based approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as implemented by Spitz-Oener (2006) for Germany, and also accounts for job complexity. We perform a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824215
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Up or out: research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2012
reforms of the last decade. Female postdocs show significantly higher research incentives but otherwise we find little gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510058
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Up or out : research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2012
reforms of the last decade. Female postdocs show significantly higher research incentives but otherwise we find little gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534097
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Skill formation, career planning, and transitions : the last two years in a German lower track secondary school
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie - 2014
In Germany, the entry into the labor market for students in the nonacademic tracks of secondary schools may take multiple pathways. Students graduating from lower track secondary schools (LTSS) face major problems in school-towork transitions, prompting the provision of intensive career guidance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341809
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Can a Task-Based Approach Explain the Recent Changes in the German Wage Structure?
Antonczyk, Dirk - 2009
This paper investigates the changes in the German wage structure for full-time working males from 1999 to 2006. Our analysis builds on the task-based approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as implemented by Spitz-Oener (2006) for Germany, and also accounts for job complexity. We perform a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012763955
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Can a Task-Based Approach Explain the Recent Changes in the German Wage Structure?
Antonczyk, Dirk - 2009
This paper investigates the changes in the German wage structure for full-time working males from 1999 to 2006. Our analysis builds on the task-based approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as implemented by Spitz-Oener (2006) for Germany, and also accounts for job complexity. We perform a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764473