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Psychological traits and the gender gap in full-time employment and wages: Evidence from Germany

Braakmann, Nils - 2009

2005 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel, evidence from regression and decomposition techniques suggests that gender …

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The smoking wage penality in the United Kingdom: Regression and matching evidence from the British Household Survey Panel

Braakmann, Nils - 2008

Household Panel Survey. Considering both overall smoker status as well as the number of cigarettes consumed, we provide … estimates for the smoking wage penalty using standard regression methods, including panel estimators for fixed eects and panel … about 4%. However, panel estimator and IV results show relatively few support for hypotheses linking the smoking wage …

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The impact of September 11th, 2001 on the job prospects of foreigners with Arab background - Evidence from German labor market data

Braakmann, NilS - 2007

This paper examines whether the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001 have influence on the job prospects of Arabs in the German labor market. Using a large, representative database of the German working population, the attacks are treated as a natural...

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Struktur und Erfolg von Ich-AG-Gründungen - Ergebnisse einer Umfrage im Arbeitsagenturbezirk Lüneburg

Braakmann, Nils - 2007

Dieses Papier päsentiert deskriptive Evidenz zur Struktur von Ich-AG-Gründungen und Gründern aus dem Arbeitsagenturbezirk Lüneburg. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf einer Befragung aller Gründer, die zwischen Juni 2004 und Februar 2005 selbstständig geworden sind und von der Arbeitsagentur...

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Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance – First evidence from German linked employer-employee-data

Braakmann, Nils - 2008

the years 1995-2005 with inequality measures using the whole wage distribution of a firm and rely on dynamic panel …

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Fields of training, plant characteristics and the gender wage gap in entry wages among skilled workers– Evidence from German administrative data

Braakmann, Nils - 2008

This paper investigates the gender wage gap among skilled German workers after the end of vocational training using data from social security record. Using information on worker and plant characteristics for both the training plant and the current employer, results from standard decomposition...

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Product Diversification and Stability of Employment and Sales: First Evidence from German Manufacturing Firms

Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009

We use a unique rich newly built data set for German manufacturing enterprises to investigate the relationship between product diversification and the stability of sales and employment. We find that contrary to portfolio theoretic considerations more diversified firms exhibit a higher...

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Überbrückungsgeld und Existenzgründungszuschuss – Ergebnisse einer schriftlichen Befragung drei Jahre nach Gründungsbeginn1

Braakmann, Nils - 2007

Die vorliegende Längsschnittuntersuchung der BA-geförderten Gründungskohorte des zweiten Halbjahres 2003 im Agenturbezirk Uelzen vergleicht mittels einer schriftlichen Befragung drei Jahre nach Gründungsbeginn schwerpunktmäßig ÜG- und ExGZ-Gründungen hinsichtlich erfolgsbezogener...

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Crime does pay (at least when it’s violent)!– On the compensating wage differentials of high regional crime levels

Braakmann, Nils - 2008

This paper investigates whether high regional crime levels lead to a compensating wage differential paid by firms in the respective region. Using data from German social security records and official police statistics for 2003 to 2006, we consider both violent and non-violent crimes and use...

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Product Differentiation and Profitability in German Manufacturing Firms

Braakmann, Nils; Wagner, Joachim - 2009

We use a unique rich newly built data set for German manufacturing enterprises to investigate the product differentiation – firm performance relationship. We find that an increase in the degree of product diversification has a negative impact on profitability when observed and unobserved firm...

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