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The degree to which economic status is transmitted from one generation to the next is an important indicator for the inequality of opportunities. One crucial element of intergenerational mobility is the way parents influence the education of their children. Unlike in the UK or in the US, in...
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The degree to which economic status is transmitted from one generation to the next is an important indicator for the inequality of opportunities. One crucial element of intergenerational mobility is the way parents influence the education of their children. Unlike in the UK or in the US, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320788
variation in regional labor market characteristics. Pure firm changes and occupation-and-job changes after graduation from …. For the majority of cases a change of occupation involves a career progression. In contrast, for job switches the wage …
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variation in regional labor market characteristics. Pure firm changes and occupation-and-job changes after graduation from …. For the majority of cases a change of occupation involves a career progression. In contrast, for job switches the wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513366
This paper analyzes the allocation of workers to jobs and the wage distribution in Germany. Our main contribution is to reconcile prominent empirical models of wage dispersion (Abowd et al., 1999; Card et al., 2013) with theoretical sorting models (Shimer and Smith, 2000; Eeckhout and Kircher, 2011;...
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In this study, we examine the incidence and direct consequences of job mismatch for German graduates. Beyond measuring … job mismatch by the comparison of qualification obtained by employees and required for a job, we employ self … competences. The results indicate that a substantial share of graduates underutilizes own skills in the job. The rate of …
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their female counterparts. This paper investigates the role of job mobility and upward occupational mobility in explaining … the gender gap in early career wage growth. The analysis reveals that although job mobility and upward occupational … gender differences in observed individual and job characteristics, as well as unobserved individual specific heterogeneity …
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largely by different job and firm characteristics of graduates rather than individual or study-related characteristics. We … also find evidence that the less favorable job and firm characteristics of Arts and Humanities graduates at labor market …-Oaxaca-Dekomposition zeigt darüber hinaus, dass sich diese Lohnunterschiede insbesondere durch Unterschiede in Job- und Firmencharakteristika …
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returns with regard to obtaining a job suited to their skill level and with high wages. Our data set combines information on …
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largely by different job and firm characteristics of graduates rather than individual or study-related characteristics. We … also find evidence that the less favorable job and firm characteristics of Arts and Humanities graduates at labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014172544