Eine Untersuchung der Verdienststruktur ist insbesondere unter dem Gesichtspunkt ihrer Wirkung auf die Arbeitsplatzsituation in den Wirtschaftszweigen interessant. Dominik Loitz stellt hier mittels deskriptiver Analyse der Verdienststruktur eine hohe Stabilität und geringe Variabilität fest....

Many plant-level studies find that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry and region. This paper uses a large set of linked employer-employee data from Germany to analyze this exporter wage premium. We show that the wage differential...

Many plant-level studies find that average wages in exporting firms are higher than in non-exporting firms from the same industry and region. This paper uses a large set of linked employeremployee data from Germany to analyze this exporter wage premium. We show that the wage differential becomes...

This volume was prepared by Jens Ruhose while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes four self-contained chapters that contribute to the understanding of the...