In Germany, targeted wage subsidies to employers are an important instrument of active labor market policy. This paper compares the wages of individuals taking up a subsidized job with those of otherwise similar individuals who found an unsubsidized job, combining propensity score matching with...

The objective of this paper is to present a short survey of our new research results to mobility and stability of employment on a micro level. This area of conflict is analyzed from an individual and a firm's perspective, taking institutional issues into account. More than previous studies, we...

Empirische Studien weisen darauf hin, dass der Gender Wage Gap – die geschlechtsspezifische Lohnlücke – im Tarifbereich geringer als im nichttarifgebundenen Bereich der Wirtschaft ausfällt. Dennoch ist es eine weitgehend offene Frage, wie sich die Strukturen und der Ablauf von...

Der Beitrag untersucht mit LIAB-Daten für die Jahre 2000 bis 2010, wie sich der Gender Pay Gap bei Vollzeitbeschäftigten im Zeitablauf entwickelt hat. Dabei wird zwischen dem nicht-tarifgebundenen Bereich der Wirtschaft und dem Bereich mit Flächentarifverträgen differenziert. Die Befunde...

In jüngerer Vergangenheit gelang es einigen Berufsgruppen – begünstigt durch die berufsständische Gliederung des deutschen Arbeitsmarktes – eine soziale Schließung zu betreiben sowie unterstützt durch Berufsgewerkschaften eigenständig tarifpolitisch zu agieren und hohe Gehaltszuwächse...

The existence and development of internal labor markets has a strong impact on the structure of wages and employment. The paper discusses three important aspects of internal labor markets. Firstly, segregation due to qualification has been growing between establishments during the last years,...

"In Germany, targeted wage subsidies to employers are an important instrument of active labor market policy. This paper compares the wages of individuals taking up a subsidized job with those of otherwise similar individuals who found an unsubsidized job, combining propensity score matching with...

"The objective of this paper is to present a short survey of our new research results to mobility and stability of employment on a micro level. This area of conflict is analyzed from an individual and a firm's perspective, taking institutional issues into account. More than previous studies, we...

Collective wage contracts impose restrictions on wage-setting. We utilize German linked employer-employee data for blue-collar worker to compute the dispersion of wages and wage components within and across firms under three different wage-setting regimes: Establishments applying industry-wide...

"The objective of this paper is to present a short survey of our new research results to mobility and stability of employment on a micro level. This area of conflict is analyzed from an individual and a firm's perspective, taking institutional issues into account. More than previous studies, we...