-employee data for Germany that allow to take the complete employment biographies of newly hired workers into account. The results … instable employment biographies, come from unemployment or outside the labor force, or were affected by a plant closure …. However, an analysis of entry wages reveals that disadvantageous worker characteristics come along with higher wage penalties …

-employee data for Germany that allow to take the complete employment biographies of newly hired workers into account. The results … instable employment biographies, come from unemployment or outside the labor force, or were affected by a plant closure …. However, an analysis of entry wages reveals that disadvantageous worker characteristics come along with higher wage penalties …

, we test for the effects of mandatory military service on wages; employment; marriage/partnership status; and satisfaction … with work, financial situation, health, family life, friends, and life in general. We find almost no statistically …

-employee data for Germany that allow to take the complete employment biographies of newly hired workers into account. The results … instable employment biographies, come from unemployment or outside the labor force, or were affected by a plant closure …. However, an analysis of entry wages reveals that disadvantageous worker characteristics come along with higher wage penalties …

-employee data for Germany that allow to take the complete employment biographies of newly hired workers into account. The results … instable employment biographies, come from unemployment or outside the labor force, or were affected by a plant closure …. However, an analysis of entry wages reveals that disadvantageous worker characteristics come along with higher wage penalties …

employment in food retailing. Using data on the universe of German shops, we find that relaxing restrictions on business hours … increased employment by 0.4 workers per shop corresponding to an aggregate employment effect of 3 to 4 per cent. The effect was … driven by an increase in part-time employment while full-time employment was not affected. The statistical significance of …

they consider lower wages and higher wage dispersion major prerequisites for stronger employment growth. The theoretical … the downward pressure on wages and led to rising income inequality. Many German economists welcomed this effect, because …