This paper studies the occupational selection among generations of immigrants in the United States and links their choices to the occupational wage distribution in their country of origin. The empirical results suggest that individuals are more likely to take up an occupation in the US that was...

At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skilled- biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....

Diese Studie beschäftigt sich mit drei Herausforderungen, mit denen die Lohnpolitik an der Schwelle des nächsten Jahrtausends konfrontiert wird: Ein technischer Fortschritt, der insbesondere gering qualifizierte Arbeit freisetzt, die zunehmende internationale Integration der Arbeits- und...

At the turn of the millennium three frequently cited potential causes of new challenges for wage policy in Germany are revisited in this study: skill-biased technological progress, the increasing international integration of labor and product markets, and the monetary integration of the EMU....