fixed-term contracts. The paper discusses problems arising in empirical estimation, and how to address them. It concludes …

development of wages and employment across skill groups, there is considerable disagreement to explain these trends, in particular …

The paper investigates the evolution of wages and wage inequality in Germany based on samples from the German Socio …-Economic Panel (GSOEP) 1984 to 2005. Real gross hourly wages for prime age dependent male workers increased on average by 23 percent … between 1984 and 1994 in West Germany and the wage distribution was fairly stable. Between 1994 and 2005 average wages …

The paper investigates the evolution of wages and wage inequality in Germany based on samples from the German Socio …-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984 to 2005. Real gross hourly wages for prime age dependent male workers increased on average by 23 percent … between 1984 and 1994 in West Germany and the wage distribution was fairly stable. Between 1994 and 2005 average wages …

close relationship exists between wages and labor market transitions as predicted by search theory. However, the noticeable …Equilibrium search theory suggests that the wage distribution in a cross section of workers is closely related to labor … structure in Germany. Motivated by search theory, we use the data to explore descriptively labor market transitions and features …

This paper surveys the existing empirical research that uses search theory to empirically analyze labor supply … questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labor market transitions and durations, wages, and individual … dynamic optimization theory. We develop a general framework for the labor market where the search for a job involves dynamic …

hybriden Panelmodells mit Daten des sozio-ökonomischen Panels untersucht, inwiefern arbeitsmarkt- und geschlechtsdifferenzielle …