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The intergenerational transmission of occupational preferences, segregation, and wage inequality : empirical evidence from three countries
Eberharter, Veronika V. - 2012
Based on longitudinal data (CNEF 1980-2010) the paper analyzes the structuring effects of individual and family background characteristics on occupational preferences, and the influence of occupational segregation on gender wage differentials in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States....
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The promise of workplace training for non-college-bound youth : theory and evidence from German apprenticeship
Clark, Damon; Fahr, René - 2001
This paper assesses the potential of "workplace training" with reference to German Apprenticeship. When occupational matching is important, we derive conditions under which firms provide "optimal" training packages. Since the German system broadly meets these conditions, we evaluate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403966
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Matching skills of individuals and firms along the career path : conference paper
Bublitz, Elisabeth - 2013 - Draft version
This paper presents an analytical setup that makes predictions for the relationships between firm and occupation specific human capital and job switches. The predictions are then tested using the task based approach. The results, based on data for Germany, show that the degree to which firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343786
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Parental investments and socio-economic gradients in learning across European countries
Carneiro, Pedro; Reis, Hugo; Toppeta, Alessandro - 2024
Generous maternity leave, affordable daycare, extensive social safety nets, excellent universal health care, and high-quality public schools, are all notable features of Nordic countries. There is a widespread belief that such strong public investments in children contribute to a levelled...
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The returns to occupational foreign language use : evidence from Germany
Heidland, Tobias - 2013
This paper analyses the wage premia associated with workers' occupational use of foreign languages in Germany. After eliminating time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity and other confounding factors, sizable returns of about 10 percent to applying fluent English skills are found. Returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010192306
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Minimum wages and vocational training incentives in Germany
Kellermann, Kim Leonie - 2017
training. The theoretical intuition on the impact of wage floors on education is ambiguous. On the one hand, they raise the … opportunity cost of education and prevent further skill accumulation. On the other hand, they lower the employment probability of … workers declines which lowers the opportunity cost of education. High requirements with regard to professional skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011710845
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The real income shares of labor, human and physical capital : determination method and first results for Germany
Steffen, Peter E. J. - 2013
A method is presented that allows to separate the total labor income into parts of basic labor and human capital using annual micro data. As results yearly total income shares of physical and human capital and labor are obtained for a single country. The method is applied to Germany using micro...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010425827
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Do parental networks pay off? : linking children's labor-market outcomes to their parents' friends
Plug, Erik J. S.; Klaauw, Bas van der; Ziegler, Lennart - 2015
This paper examines whether children are better off if their parents have stronger social networks. Using data on high-school friendships of parents, we analyze whether the number and characteristics of friends affect the labor-market outcomes of children. While parental friendships formed in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529491
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He's a chip off the old block : the persistence of occupational choices across generations
Knoll, Bodo; Riedel, Nadine; Schlenker, Eva - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to assess intergenerational occupational mobility in Germany. Using data from the Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP), we find a high persistence of occupational choices across fathers and children. To separate effects related to parental advice and influence (nurture) from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199446
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How does entry regulation influence entry into self-employment and occupational mobility?
Prantl, Susanne (contributor);  … - 2009
We analyze how an entry regulation that imposes a mandatory educational standard affects entry into self-employment and occupational mobility. We exploit the German reunification as a natural experiment and identify regulatory effects by comparing differences between regulated occupations and...
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