This work is devoted to estimating the individual return to worker’s professional training. The research is based on the personnel records of Russian metallurgical enterprise (2006–2010). The main factors that distinguish this paper from others are the following: (I) We focused on the...

This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the initial conditions problem and the endogeneity of employer retention, we model (intra-firm) low-pay transitions using a multivariate Probit model that accounts for selection...

In dieser Arbeit werden Personalstammdaten eines großen Unternehmens des verarbeitenden Gewerbes genutzt, in der die Belegschaft in Arbeiter, technische und kaufmännische Angestellte untergliedert ist. Im Sinne von Doeringer und Piore (1971) kann gezeigt werden, dass der interne Arbeitsmarkt...

This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the initial conditions problem and the endogeneity of employer retention, we model (intra-firm) low-pay transitions using a multivariate Probit model that accounts for selection...