Wie begründen sich Lohndifferenzen zwischen Männern und Frauen? Besteht ein Zusammenhang zwischen typischen Frauen- und Männerberufen und der beobachteten Lohndifferenz? Kann der Boom der IT-Branche mit dem beobachteten Anstieg des Koeffizienteneffektes in Zusammenhang gebracht werden? Im...

Using a differences-in-differences approach and controlling for individual unobserved heterogeneity, we evaluate the impact of a 1999 law that granted all workers with children younger than 7 years old protection against a layoff if the worker had previously asked for a work-week reduction due...

This paper gives an overview of the transformation of the German labor market since the mid-1990s with a special focus on the changing patterns of labor market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labor market duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labor...

The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to attribute this in particular to labour market re-forms and socio-economic change. However, it becomes clear upon closer inspection that macro trends alone cannot provide...