Since the early 1980s, the U.S. economy has experienced a growing wage differential: high-skilled workers have claimed an increasing share of available income, while low-skilled workers have seen an absolute decline in real wages. How and why this disparity has arisen is a matter of ongoing...

Ein vergleichender Überblick über die Arbeitsmarktsituation von Frauen und Männern in Europa.; Die dramatische Anhebung des Bildungsniveaus und der Erwerbsarbeit von Frauen sowie Quotierungen und gesetzliche Regelungen zur Gleichstellung von Männern und Frauen haben die Arbeitswelt in den...

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...