In Westdeutschland stieg zwischen 1980 und 2010 die Lohnungleichheit von Vollzeitbeschäftigten deutlich an. Der Anstieg beschränkte sich zunächst auf den oberen Bereich der Lohnverteilung und setzte sich ab Mitte der 1990er Jahre sowohl im oberen als auch im unteren Bereich der Lohnverteilung...

German social security records involve an indicator for part-time or full-time work. In 2011, the reporting procedure was changed suggesting that a fraction of worker recorded to be working full-time before the change were in fact part-time workers. This study develops a correction based on...

This paper studies the causal effect of giving first birth and how that effect changes by the 2007 reform in parental benefits in Germany. We further investigate how the reform affects the selection of women into motherhood and how that selection effect affects labor market outcomes. A large...

Using a semiparametric event study approach with a control group, we estimate the effect of motherhood on labor market outcomes in Germany, the child penalty. We further investigate how the 2007 parental benefits reform changed the child penalty while accounting for fertility effects. A large...

Using a semiparametric event study approach with a control group, we estimate the effect of motherhood on labor market outcomes in Germany, the child penalty. We further investigate how the 2007 parental benefits reform changed the child penalty while accounting for fertility effects. A large...

The recent economic policy debate in Germany emphasizes the impact of globalization of the world economy on the German labor market. This paper provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between trade and the labor market in West Germany for the period from 1970 until German...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht theoretische und empirische Aspekte des Zusammenhangs zwischen dem Zentralisierungsgrad der Lohnverhandlungen (ZGL) und der Lohnbildung. Zuerst erfolgt eine kritische Übersicht der theoretischen und empirischen Literatur, die von der bekannten Hypothese von Calmfors...