We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...

We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...

We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...

We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...

The empirical literature has shown on numerous occasions that immigrants and their offspring fare worse economically than natives with comparable observable characteristics. This study addresses youth unemployment as an important determinant of youths' later labor market success by looking at...

Using a rich German panel data set, I estimate wage assimilation patterns for immigrants in Germany. This study contributes to the literature by performing separate estimations by skill groups and controlling for a wide range of socio-economic background variables. It aims to answer the question...

Die Weiterbildungsbeteiligung von Individuen unterscheidet sich zwischen Berufen. Als Gründe für diese Unterschiede werden neben der Qualifikationsstruktur in den Berufen vor allem die gestiegenen Arbeitsanforderungen identifiziert: In Berufen, in denen die Erwerbstätigen häufig unter...

Using a rich panel data set, I estimate wage assimilation patterns for immigrants in Germany as an example of a key European destination country. This study contributes to the literature by performing separate estimations by skill groups. Comparisons with similar natives reveal that immigrants'...

Die vorliegende Analyse untersucht die Einflussfaktoren der Weiterbildungsbeteiligung formal geringqualifizierter Erwerbstätiger. Innerhalb dieser Gruppe ist ein gestiegener Anteil an Einfacharbeit zu beobachten, der wiederum negativ mit der Weiterbildungswahrscheinlichkeit korreliert ist....

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht Ausmaß und Bedeutung von Einfacharbeit im Zeitverlauf im Licht des nicht qualifikationsneutralen technischen Fortschritts (skill-biased technological change). Dabei wird Einfacharbeit mithilfe eines Index erfasst, der die für eine Tätigkeit erforderlichen...