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Wage effects of labor market entry via temporary work agency employment : evidence for German apprenticeship graduates : conference paper
Buch, Tanja; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2013
In light of the remarkable number of young people who pass through a period of temp work at the beginning of their career the question arises whether labor market entry via temporary work agency (TWA) employment has any (persistent) effects on labor market outcomes. We investigate this issue...
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The impact of international trade on wages
Feenstra, Robert C. (ed.) - 2000
an increasing share of available income, while low-skilled workers have seen an absolute decline in real wages. How and … escalation of high-skill wages. This collection brings together innovative new ideas and data sources in order to provide more … on U.S. wages. This timely volume offers a thorough appraisal of the wage distribution predicament, examining the …
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The dynamics of wage relations in the new Europe
Clarke, Linda (ed.); Gijsel, Peter de (contributor);  … - 2000
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Does better pre-migration performance accelerate immigrants' wage assimilation? : conference paper
Hirsch, Boris; Jahn, Elke J.; Toomet, Ott; Hochfellner, … - 2013
This paper analyzes wage assimilation of ethnic German immigrants to Germany. We use unique administrative data that include a standardized measure of immigrants' pre-migration wage based on occupation, industry, tenure, qualification, and the German wage structure. We find that immigrants...
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Wage bargaining when workers have fairness concerns : conference paper
Gogova, Martina Nikolaeva; Kragl, Jenny - 2013
willing to accept lower wages in times of crisis but demand higher wages in times of economic rise. Moreover, our findings …
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How managerial wage transparency may reduce shareholder returns : evidence from an experiment ; conference paper
Bolton, Gary E.; Ockenfels, Axel; Werner, Peter - 2013 - This version: 4 January 2013
hypothesis, but reject the second one: Public transparency actually increases managerial wages as well as board director …
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The impact of skill mismatch on earnings losses after job displacement : conference paper
Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Neffke, Frank; Wiederhold, Simon - 2013
The long-term earnings losses of displaced workers are substantial. We investigate the role of post-displacement occupational matching in explaining the cost of job displacement. We combine German administrative data on the work history of displaced workers with information on the task content...
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The returns to education for opportunity entrepreneurs, necessity entrepreneurs, and paid employees : conference paper
Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias - 2013
We assess the relevance of formal education on the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative employment options. We expect differences in the returns to...
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Permanent changes in the wage structure and the East German fertility crisis : conference paper
Arntz, Melanie; Gathmann, Christina - 2014 - This version: February 14, 2014
After the fall of the Berlin wall, the total fertility rate in East Germany tumbled from 1.7 (1989) to a stunning 0.7 children per woman (1994). While this fact is well-documented, little is still known about the crisis underlying causes. We propose a new explanation: permanent shifts in the...
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