We present a semiparametric method to estimate group-level dispersion, which is particularly effective in the presence of censored data. We apply this procedure to obtain measures of occupation-specific wage dispersion using top-coded administrative wage data from the German IAB Employment...

Der Forschungsbericht basiert auf der Evaluation der Projekte 'Abschlussquote erhöhen - Berufsfähigkeit steigern 2' (AQB2) und 'Vertiefte Berufsorientierung und Praxisbegleitung' (VBOP). Die Modellprojekte stellen einen Versuch dar, die Übergangschancen benachteiligter Hauptschüler/innen zu...

If migrants return to their origin countries, two questions arise which are of immediate economic interest for both immigration and emigration country: What determines their optimal migration duration, and what are the activities migrants choose after a return. Little research has been devoted...