of around 40% at the time of arrival in the pooled sample, although the difference is somewhat smaller for women. Those … more important among those born outside the European Union, with women doing relatively better than men. Among men, those … from Asia, Latin-America and Eastern Europe receive the lowest earnings. Latin-American and Eastern European women are at …

-smokers only are about to start off their occupational career. Women's earnings, however, are not affected by smoking behavior …

positive wage effect of about the same size. The wages of females are not effected by smoking and drinking …

there is no statistical relationship for women. The social capital channel is also much more potent for men, while bilingual … German-Turkish women do not seem to profit from heritage-language networks for labour market success to the same degree. We …

taken into account. We extend the neoclassical labor supply model in two directions. First, we allow for endogenous wages … differentials of part-time jobs, the model with endogenous wages predicts lower part-time employment than the standard neoclassical …